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Use it or Lose It: Tonic Activity of Slow Motoneurons Promotes Their Survival and Preferentially Increases Slow Fiber-Type Groupings in Muscles of Old Lifelong Recreational Sportsmen

Histochemistry, immuno-histochemistry, gel electrophoresis of single muscle fibers and electromyography of aging muscles and nerves suggest that: i) denervation contributes to muscle atrophy, ii) impaired mobility accelerates the process, and iii) lifelong running protects against loss of motor unit...

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Autores principales: Mosole, Simone, Carraro, Ugo, Kern, Helmut, Loefler, Stefan, Zampieri, Sandra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PAGEPress Publications, Pavia, Italy 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5220213/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28078066
http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2016.5972