Sarcopenia - Age-Related Muscle Wasting and Weakness : Mechanisms and Treatments - Lynch, Gordon S.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2011)
1.Overview -- 2. Molecular mechanisms of muscle wasting in cancer and ageing: cachexia versus sarcopenia -- 3. Age-related remodeling of neuromuscular junctions -- 4.Motor unit remodeling during aging -- 5. Age-related decline in actomyosin structure and function -- 6. Excitation-contraction coupling in aged skeletal muscle -- 7. Mitochondrial function in aging skeletal muscle -- 8. Fibrosis and skeletal muscle aging -- 9. Nuclear apoptosis and sarcopenia -- 10. Age-related changes in the molecular regulation of skeletal muscle mass -- 11. Genetic variation and skeletal muscle traits: implications for sarcopenia -- 12. Proteomic profiling of aged skeletal muscle -- 13. Aging, exercise and muscle protein metabolism -- 14. Reactive oxygen species generation and skeletal muscle wasting - implications for sarcopenia -- 15. Exercise as a countermeasure for sarcopenia -- 16. Role of contraction-induced injury in age-related muscle wasting and weakness -- 17. Role of IGF-I signaling in age-related changes in skeletal muscle -- 18. Role of myostatin and TGF-beta signaling in skeletal muscle growth and development: implications for sarcopenia -- 19. β-Adrenergic signaling in sarcopenia and other muscle wasting disorders.
Keywords: Medicine; Geriatrics; Cell biology; Sports medicine; Biomedicine, general; Geriatrics/Gerontology.; Cell Biology; Sports Medicine; Medicine/Public Health, general