Mitochondrial function in human skeletal muscle following high-altitude exposure

Experimental Physiology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 245-255

  Jacobs, Robert A ^a   Boushel, Robert ^a,b   Wright Paradis, Cynthia ^a   Calbet, Jose A L ^a,c   Robach, Paul ^d   Gnaiger, Erich ^e   Lundby, Carsten ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^e Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme   (France)

^f INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFERRING FLAVOPROTEIN; HEMOGLOBIN; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE (UBIQUINONE); TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTERIAL OXYGEN SATURATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; BLOOD OXYGEN TENSION; CELL HYPOXIA; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FATTY ACID OXIDATION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MACRONUTRIENT; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NORMAL HUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIROMETRY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 84872171601     PISSN: 09580670     EISSN: 1469445X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/expphysiol.2012.066092     Document Type: Article

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