Aging of Human Muscle: Understanding Sarcopenia at the Single Muscle Cell Level

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-207

  Frontera, Walter R ^a   Rodriguez Zayas, Ana ^a   Rodriguez, Natividad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Aging; Contractility; Muscle atrophy; Sarcopenia; Skeletal muscle fiber

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN I; MYOSIN IIA;

AGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGING; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SARCOPENIA; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84855752503     PISSN: 10479651     EISSN: 15581381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmr.2011.11.012     Document Type: Review

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