Supplementation of a suboptimal protein dose with leucine or essential amino acids: Effects on myofibrillar protein synthesis at rest and following resistance exercise in men

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2751-2765

  Churchward Venne, Tyler A ^a   Burd, Nicholas A ^a   Mitchell, Cameron J ^a   West, Daniel W D ^a   Philp, Andrew ^c   Marcotte, George R ^a   Baker, Steven K ^b   Baar, Keith ^c   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; MILK PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EATING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REST; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHEY;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MILK PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOFIBRILS; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861707373     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.228833     Document Type: Article

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