Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs slowly and selectively during prolonged aestivation in Cyclorana alboguttata (Günther 1867)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 212, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 3664-3672

  Mantle, Beth L ^a   Hudson, Nicholas J ^b   Harper, Gregory S ^b   Cramp, Rebecca L ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Antioxidants; Cyclorana alboguttata; Morphometries; Muscle disuse atrophy; Myofibre; Oxidative damage; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FROG; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; ESTIVATION; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RANIDAE;

AMPHIBIA; CYCLORANA ALBOGUTTATA;

EID: 70450014538     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.033688     Document Type: Article

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