Activation of mTOR signalling in young and old human skeletal muscle in response to combined resistance exercise and whey protein ingestion

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 21-30

  Farnfield, Michelle M ^a   Breen, Leigh ^b   Carey, Kate A ^a   Garnham, Andrew ^a   Cameron Smith, David ^a,c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age; Amino acids; Resistance exercise training; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

EIF4EBP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; EIF4G1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; MILK PROTEIN; MTOR PROTEIN, HUMAN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; S6 KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; WHEY PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PATHOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; VICTORIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856567099     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H11-132     Document Type: Article

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