Resistance exercise load does not determine training-mediated hypertrophic gains in young men

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-77

  Mitchell, Cameron J ^a   Churchward Venne, Tyler A ^a   West, Daniel W D ^a   Burd, Nicholas A ^a   Breen, Leigh ^a   Baker, Steven K ^b   Phillips, Stuart M ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Loading; Motor unit; Protein synthesis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; S6 KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WEIGHT LIFTING;

BIOPSY; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WEIGHT LIFTING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863332507     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00307.2012     Document Type: Article

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