Leucine partially protects muscle mass and function during bed rest in middle-aged adults

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 465-473

  English, Kirk L ^a   Mettler, Joni A ^a,d   Ellison, Jennifer B ^a   Mamerow, Madonna M ^a   Arentson Lantz, Emily ^a   Pattarini, James M ^b   Ploutz Snyder, Robert ^c   Sheffield Moore, Melinda ^b   Paddon Jones, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^d TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Dietary supplementation; Nutrition; Physical inactivity; Skeletal muscle protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; CARBON;

ADULT; AEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; BED REST; BIOSYNTHESIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; CELL SIGNALING ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MEAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TORQUE; TRANSLATION INITIATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CYTOLOGY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; EXERCISE TEST; METABOLISM; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; BED REST; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CARBON ISOTOPES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84956881119     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.115.112359     Document Type: Article

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