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1 online resource (214 p.) |
| Contents |
Front Cover -- MUSCLE BIOLOGY -- Muscle Biology -- Copyright -- Contents -- Sources of borrowed figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 -- Mature skeletal muscle-An overview -- The many structural dimensions of muscle -- The neuromuscular junction -- Muscle fiber contraction -- Contractile properties of single muscle fibers and muscle fiber types -- Motor units -- The sensory apparatus of a muscle -- Contraction of an entire muscle -- The role of internal architecture in muscle function -- The role of connective tissue in whole muscle contraction |
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Tendons and their connection to muscle and bone -- The myotendinous junction -- The enthesis-the connection between tendon and bone -- Muscle contractions and whole-body movements -- References -- 2 -- Embryonic origins of skeletal muscle -- Origins and cellular migrations -- Morphogenesis of a muscle -- Myogenesis -- References -- 3 -- Normal muscle growth -- Prenatal muscle fiber formation -- Development of muscle fiber types -- Satellite cells and postnatal muscle growth -- Myostatin and the control of muscle growth -- The intrauterine and early postnatal growth environment for muscle |
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Metabolic pathways that foster growth -- Systemic factors influencing intrauterine and early postnatal growth -- Factors influencing intrauterine muscle growth -- Factors influencing postnatal muscle growth -- References -- 4 -- Muscle adaptation to increased use -- Muscle adaptations to increased load (strength training) or increased duration of use (endurance training) -- Adaptations to increased load (hypertrophy) -- Adaptations to increased duration of use (endurance exercise) -- Reversal of training gains -- Adaptation to changes in length -- References |
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5 -- Muscle adaptation to decreased use -- Conditions leading to muscle atrophy -- Denervation -- Conditions leading to atrophy of innervated muscles -- The metabolic and molecular basis of muscular atrophy -- UPP pathway -- Calpains and caspases -- Autophagy -- Noncoding RNAs -- References -- 6 -- Muscle injury and regeneration -- The epimorphic regeneration of skeletal muscle -- The tissue regeneration of skeletal muscle -- Types of muscle damage leading to regeneration -- The role of muscle fiber damage and inflammation in muscle regeneration -- Activation of satellite cells |
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Regenerative myogenesis -- Gross morphogenesis and internal architecture -- Functional maturation -- Regeneration of muscle spindles -- References -- 7 -- Muscle disorders -- Disorders of muscle fibers -- Disorders of the neuromuscular junction -- Disorders of the sarcolemma and endomysium -- Other disorders of the muscle fiber -- Other disorders affecting muscles -- Metabolic myopathies -- Inflammatory myopathies -- Toxic myopathies -- Fibrosis -- References -- 8 -- The aging of muscle -- Broad measures of aging effects on skeletal muscle -- The structural basis for muscle loss during aging |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
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Performance measures of aging muscle |
| Subject |
Muscles.
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Muscles
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Muscles
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780128202791 |
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0128202793 |
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