The impact of delivery profile of essential amino acids upon skeletal muscle protein synthesis in older men: Clinical efficacy of pulse vs. bolus supply

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 309, Issue 5, 2015, Pages E450-E457

  Mitchell, W Kyle ^a   Phillips, Bethan E ^a   Williams, John P ^a   Rankin, Debbie ^a   Lund, Jonathan N ^a   Wilkinson, Daniel J ^a   Smith, Kenneth ^a   Atherton, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Anabolic signaling; Muscle full state; Nutrition; Protein synthesis; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; INSULIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; SONOVUE; CARBON; MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

AGED; AMINOACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIET RESTRICTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RESPONSE; INSULINEMIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CARBON ISOTOPES; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 84940879662     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00112.2015     Document Type: Article

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