ACTN3 genotype and modulation of skeletal muscle response to exercise in human subjects

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1197-1203

  Norman, Barbara ^a,b   Esbjörnsson, Mona ^a,b   Rundqvist, Håkan ^a,b   Österlund, Ted ^a,b   Glenmark, Birgitta ^a   Jansson, Eva ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ACTN3 genotype; Exercise; Fiber types; Glycogen; Hypertrophy signaling

Indexed keywords

ACTININ; ACTN3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; GLYCOGEN;

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACTININ; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901236394     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00557.2013     Document Type: Article

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