Accumulation of severely atrophic myofibers marks the acceleration of sarcopenia in slow and fast twitch muscles

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 660-669

  Rowan, Sharon L ^a   Purves Smith, Fennigje M ^a   Solbak, Nathan M ^a   Hepple, Russell T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Denervation; Mitochondria; Muscle atrophy; Muscle fiber type; Rat

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ADULTHOOD; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SENESCENCE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

AGING; ANIMALS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; SARCOPENIA;

RATTUS;

EID: 79960057058     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: 18736815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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