Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves GLUT-4 and morphological characteristics of skeletal muscle in rats with heart failure

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 201, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 265-273

  De Leon, E B ^a   Bortoluzzi, A ^a   Rucatti, A ^a   Nunes, R B ^a   Saur, L ^b   Rodrigues, M ^b   Oliveira, U ^c   Alves Wagner, A B ^d   Xavier, L L ^b   Machado, U F ^d   Schaan, B D ^c   Dall'Ago, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrical stimulation; GLUT 4; Myocardial infarction; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HYPOTROPHY; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MUSCLE BLOOD VESSEL; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; WISTAR RAT;

EID: 78651439523     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2010.02176.x     Document Type: Article

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