Enriching a protein drink with leucine augments muscle protein synthesis after resistance exercise in young and older men

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 888-895

  Atherton, Philip J ^a   Kumar, Vinod ^a   Selby, Anna L ^a   Rankin, Debbie ^a   Hildebrandt, Wulf ^a   Phillips, Beth E ^a   Williams, John P ^a,b   Hiscock, Natalie ^c   Smith, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Exercise; Leucine; Muscle; Protein; Synthesis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; S6 KINASE; WHEY PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN INTAKE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; BEVERAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHOSPHORYLATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; BEVERAGES; BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; WHEY PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975521467     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: 15321983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2016.04.025     Document Type: Article

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