Mechanisms behind estrogen's beneficial effect on muscle strength in females

Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Lowe, Dawn A ^a   Baltgalvis, Kristen A ^a   Greising, Sarah M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

17A estradiol; Aging; Estrogen receptor; Hormone replacement therapy; Myosin; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; MYOSIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; META ANALYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MICE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSINS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 77950223490     PISSN: 00916331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JES.0b013e3181d496bc     Document Type: Article

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