What are the mechanisms behind disuse and age-related skeletal muscle atrophy?

Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 167-168

  Suetta, C ^a   Kjaer, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; MUSCLE ATROPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; HUMANS; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77951663149     PISSN: 09057188     EISSN: 16000838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0838.2010.01121.x     Document Type: Editorial

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