Hyperinsulinemia and overweight in obese Zucker rats effectively suppressed by exercise training with hypoxia recovery

European Journal of Sport Science

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 221-230

  Wu, Ming Chieh ^a,b   Tsai, Ying Lan ^b   Huang, Chih Yang ^c,f   Kao, Chung Lan ^d   Hou, Chien Wen ^a   Chen, Chung Yu ^a   Korivi, Mallikarjuna ^a   Jean, Wei Horng ^a,e   Lee, Shin Da ^c,f   Kuo, Chia Hua ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAIPEI   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN SPORT UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AMPK; capillary density; insulin resistance; Muscle fibre transformation; PGC 1

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875350081     PISSN: 17461391     EISSN: 15367290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17461391.2011.606839     Document Type: Article

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