Reactive hyperemia is not responsible for stimulating muscle protein synthesis following blood flow restriction exercise

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 112, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1520-1528

  Gundermann, David M ^a   Fry, Christopher S ^a   Dickinson, Jared M ^a   Walker, Dillon K ^a   Timmerman, Kyle L ^a   Drummond, Micah J ^a   Volpi, Elena ^a,b   Rasmussen, Blake B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

BFR; Fractional synthetic rate; KAATSU; Resistance exercise; Vascular occlusion training

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LACTIC ACID; MAPK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MKNK1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MTOR PROTEIN, HUMAN; MTORC1 COMPLEX, HUMAN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN S6; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE, 70KD, POLYPEPTIDE 1; S6 KINASE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INTRAARTERIAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TIME; UNITED STATES; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMORAL ARTERY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPEREMIA; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NITROPRUSSIDE; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; PROTEINS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEXAS; TIME FACTORS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; VASODILATOR AGENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862105995     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01267.2011     Document Type: Article

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