Mechanisms in muscle atrophy in immobilization and aging

Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Jun:1019:475-8. doi: 10.1196/annals.1297.086.

Abstract

The purpose of this report was to study the effects of four weeks of hindlimb immobilization on acid phosphatase activity of old rats in comparison with the profile obtained after similar treatment in young rats.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acid Phosphatase / metabolism
  • Aging*
  • Animals
  • Female
  • Immobilization*
  • Muscles / metabolism
  • Muscular Atrophy*
  • Proteins / metabolism
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Signal Transduction
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Proteins
  • Acid Phosphatase