Chronic disuse and skeletal muscle structure in older adults: Sex-specific differences and relationships to contractile function

American Journal of Physiology - Cell Physiology

Volumn 308, Issue 11, 2015, Pages C932-C943

  Callahan, Damien M ^a   Tourville, Timothy W ^b   Miller, Mark S ^b   Hackett, Sarah B ^a   Sharma, Himani ^a   Cruickshank, Nicholas C ^a   Slauterbeck, James R ^b   Savage, Patrick D ^a   Ades, Philip A ^a   Maughan, David W ^b   Beynnon, Bruce D ^b   Toth, Michael J ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Myosin; Physical activity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; MYOSIN IIA; ISOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL ORGANELLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FIBER CONTRACTION; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SARCOLEMMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; KNEE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAINS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84930903491     PISSN: 03636143     EISSN: 15221563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00014.2015     Document Type: Article

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