C-terminal agrin fragment is inversely related to neuromuscular fatigue in older men

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 132-133

  Stout, Jeffrey R ^a   Fragala, Maren S ^a   Hoffman, Jay R ^a   Robinson, Edward H ^a   Mccormack, William P ^a   Townsend, Jeremy R ^a   Jatjner, Adam R ^a   Emerson, Nadia S ^a   Oliveira, Leonardo P ^a   Fukuda, David H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Electromyography; Exercise; Physiological adaptations; Sarcopenia; Serum biomarker

Indexed keywords

AGRIN;

AGED; AGING; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AGRIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ERGOMETRY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL;

EID: 84916888853     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24443     Document Type: Article

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