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Intranasal Oxytocin Improves Lean Muscle Mass in Older Adults With Sarcopenic Obesity: A Pilot Study

Obese older adults often have sarcopenia with increased functional impairments. Unfortunately, conventional weight loss treatments can lead to further muscle mass loss. Increasing evidence from animal studies suggests that the pituitary hormone oxytocin has trophic effects on skeletal muscle cells a...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jessica, Espinoza, Sara, Odejimi, Adetutu, Wang, Chen-pin, Ganapathy, Vinutha, Pascucci, Chiara, Musi, Nicolas, Volpi, Elena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7740809/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.436