Neuromuscular electrical stimulation increases muscle protein synthesis in elderly type 2 diabetic men

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 303, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Wall, Benjamin T ^a   Dirks, Marlou L ^a   Verdijk, Lex B ^a   Snijders, Tim ^a   Hansen, Dominique ^b   Vranckx, Pascal ^c   Burd, Nicholas A ^a   Dendale, Paul ^b   van Loon, Luc J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Heart Centre   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aging; Disuse; Neuromuscular electrical stimulation; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOSTATIN; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE;

AGED; ARTICLE; BED REST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ATROPHY; BED REST; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; KINETICS; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MYOSTATIN; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHENYLALANINE; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; RNA, MESSENGER; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84865712697     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00138.2012     Document Type: Article

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