Denervation causes fiber atrophy and myosin heavy chain co-expression in senescent skeletal muscle.

Although denervation has long been implicated in aging muscle, the degree to which it is causes the fiber atrophy seen in aging muscle is unknown. To address this question, we quantified motoneuron soma counts in the lumbar spinal cord using choline acetyl transferase immunhistochemistry and quantif...

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Main Authors: Sharon L Rowan, Karolina Rygiel, Fennigje M Purves-Smith, Nathan M Solbak, Douglas M Turnbull, Russell T Hepple
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3250397?pdf=render