Skeletal muscle myofilament adaptations to aging, disease and disuse and their effects on whole muscle performance in older adult humans

Frontiers in Physiology

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages

  Miller, Mark S ^a   Callahan, Damien M ^b   Toth, Michael J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin; Contractile velocity; Cross bridge kinetics; Isometric tension; Myosin; Physical activity; Sex differences; Single fiber

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; MYOSIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN I; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN IIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTRACTILE VELOCITY; CROSS BRIDGE INTERACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL AREA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE DISUSE; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE QUALITY; MUSCLE QUANITITY; MUSCLE STRUCTURE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; MYOFILAMENT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84907876324     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664042X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2014.00369     Document Type: Article

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