Basic concepts about genes, inactivity and aging

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-4

  Booth, F W ^a,b,c   Zwetsloot, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise; Maximal oxygen uptake; Mortality; Natural selection; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL; EXERCISE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; RUNNING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; EXERCISE; GLUCONEOGENESIS; HUMANS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RUNNING; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 75649133866     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2009.00972.x     Document Type: Review

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