Twenty-eight days at 3454-m altitude diminishes respiratory capacity but enhances efficiency in human skeletal muscle mitochondria

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 5192-5200

  Jacobs, Robert A ^a   Siebenmann, Christoph ^a   Hug, Mike ^a   Toigo, Marco ^a,b   Meinild, Anne Kristine ^a   Lundby, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Exercise; Mitochondrial efficiency; Respiratory control

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE);

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIROMETRY; SEA LEVEL; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870314327     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.12-218206     Document Type: Article

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