Changes in Northern Elephant Seal Skeletal Muscle Following Thirty Days of Fasting and Reduced Activity

Northern elephant seals (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) undergo an annual molt during which they spend ∼40 days fasting on land with reduced activity and lose approximately one-quarter of their body mass. Reduced activity and muscle load in stereotypic terrestrial mammalian models results in decrease...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Physiology
Main Authors:	Traver J. Wright, Randall W. Davis, Rachel R. Holser, Luis A. Hückstädt, Christopher P. Danesi, Craig Porter, Steven G. Widen, Terrie M. Williams, Daniel P. Costa, Melinda Sheffield-Moore
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Subjects:	muscle atrophy fasting skeletal muscle elephant seal lipid metabolism
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.564555/full