Substantial skeletal muscle loss occurs during only 5 days of disuse

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 210, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 600-611

  Wall, B T ^a   Dirks, M L ^a   Snijders, T ^a   Senden, J M G ^a   Dolmans, J ^b   Van Loon, L J C ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Disuse atrophy; Immobilization; Myostatin; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE RING FINGER 1 PROTEIN; MYOSTATIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KNEE; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; WEIGHT BEARING; WESTERN BLOTTING; YOUNG ADULT;

DISUSE ATROPHY; IMMOBILIZATION; MYOSTATIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84893737476     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apha.12190     Document Type: Article

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