The effect of creatine supplementation on myocardial function, mitochondrial respiration and susceptibility to ischaemia/reperfusion injury in sedentary and exercised rats

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 6-19

  Webster, I ^a   Du Toit, E F ^b   Huisamen, B ^a   Lochner, A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creatine supplementation; Exercise training; Ischaemia reperfusion; Mitochondrial; Myocardial; Perfusion; Recovery.

Indexed keywords

CREATINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLAMP; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY LIGATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EXERCISE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; HEART MUSCLE OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART PERFUSION; ISOLATED HEART; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SITTING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPORT; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; CREATINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, HEART; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84864496574     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1716.2012.02463.x     Document Type: Article

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