Anabolic processes in human skeletal muscle: Restoring the identities of growth hormone and testosterone

Physician and Sportsmedicine

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 97-104

  West, Daniel W D ^a   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Hypertrophy; Muscle protein synthesis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COLLAGEN; DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; RECOMBINANT GROWTH HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

AEROBIC EXERCISE; ARM EXERCISE; BODY COMPOSITION; BONE REMODELING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LEG EXERCISE; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; LIPOLYSIS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT LIFTING;

ANABOLIC AGENTS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 78650318458     PISSN: 00913847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/psm.2010.10.1814     Document Type: Review

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