Force-generation capacity of single vastus lateralis muscle fibers and physical function decline with age in african green vervet monkeys

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 258-267

  Choi, Seung Jun ^a,b   Shively, Carol A ^a,c   Register, Thomas C ^a,c   Feng, Xin ^a   Stehle, John ^a   High, Kevin ^a   Ip, Edward ^a   Kritchevsky, Stephen B ^a   Nicklas, Barbara ^a   Delbono, Osvaldo ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

^c Department of Pathology   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Monkey; Physical function; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CERCOPITHECUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCLE ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGING; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; FEMALE; ISOTONIC CONTRACTION; LINEAR MODELS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOFIBRILS; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873622634     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gls143     Document Type: Article

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