Bigger weights may not beget bigger muscles: Evidence from acute muscle protein synthetic responses after resistance exercise

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 551-554

  Burd, Nicholas A ^a,b   Mitchell, Cameron J ^a   Churchward Venne, Tyler A ^a   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Anabolic signaling; Mitochondrial; Myofibrillar; Resistance exercise; Skeletal muscle growth; Skeletal muscle protein turnover

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL EXERTION; RESISTANCE TRAINING;

EID: 84860451722     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/H2012-022     Document Type: Article

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