Menopause is associated with decreased whole body fat oxidation during exercise

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 304, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Abildgaard, J ^a   Pedersen, A T ^b   Green, C J ^a   Harder Lauridsen, N M ^a   Solomon, T P ^a   Thomsen, C ^b   Juul, A ^b   Pedersen, M ^a   Pedersen, J T ^a   Mortensen, O H ^a   Pilegaard, H ^a   Pedersen, B K ^a   Lindegaard, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Fat oxidation; Menopause; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; CARNITINE PALMITOYLTRANSFERASE; CITRATE SYNTHASE; CYTOCHROME C; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; CYTOCHROME OXIDASE I; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE 1EALPHA; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE KINASE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE ERGOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CLIMACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LIPID OXIDATION; MENOPAUSE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE;

BIOPSY; FAT OXIDATION; MENOPAUSE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

EID: 84878578839     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00492.2012     Document Type: Article

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