Sarcopenia: describing rather than defining a condition

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 265-268

  Alchin, David Rhys ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Motor unit; Muscle; Myofiber; Neuromuscular junction; NMJ; Sarcopenia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CREATINE KINASE MM; MYOGENIC FACTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; CALORIC RESTRICTION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NEUROMUSCULAR FACILITATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA;

EID: 84951559550     PISSN: 21905991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13539-014-0156-8     Document Type: Review

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