Absence of leucine in an essential amino acid supplement reduces activation of mTORC1 signalling following resistance exercise in young females

Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-194

  Moberg, Marcus ^a   Apró, William ^a,b   Ohlsson, Inger ^a   Pontén, Marjan ^a   Villanueva, Antonio ^a   Ekblom, Björn ^a,b   Blomstrand, Eva ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Exercise; Insulin; MAFbx; MuRF 1; Muscle; p70S6k

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; LEUCINE; MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84893341852     PISSN: 17155312     EISSN: 17155320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2013-0244     Document Type: Article

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