Activation of AMPK and its Impact on Exercise Capacity

Sports Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1497-1509

  Niederberger, Ellen ^a   King, Tanya S ^a   Russe, Otto Quintus ^a   Geisslinger, Gerd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AMP-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; ANIMALS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL;

EID: 84945454848     PISSN: 01121642     EISSN: 11792035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40279-015-0366-z     Document Type: Review

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