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Muscular Atrophy

Known as: Muscle Atrophies, ATROPHY MUSCLE, Muscle Atrophy 
A process, occurring in the muscle, that is characterized by a decrease in protein content, fiber diameter, force production and fatigue resistance… 
National Institutes of Health

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Exercise‐induced gene expression in soleus muscle is dependent on time after spinal cord injury in rats
Cycling exercise attenuates atrophy in hindlimb muscles and causes changes in spinal cord properties after spinal cord injury in… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Expression of a calpastatin transgene slows muscle wasting and obviates changes in myosin isoform expression during murine muscle disuse
Muscle wasting is a prominent feature of several systemic diseases, neurological damage and muscle disuse. The contribution of… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
The influence of muscle mass, strength, fatigability and blood flow on exercise capacity in cachectic and non-cachectic patients with chronic heart failure.
BACKGROUND The influence of age, skeletal muscle function and peripheral blood flow on exercise capacity in chronic heart failure… 
Highly Cited
1992
Highly Cited
1992
Moderate instability of the trinucleotide repeat in spino bulbar muscular atrophy.
Increased length of a protein-coding CAG repeat within the androgen receptor gene appears to be the only type of mutation… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Effect of denervation or unweighting on GLUT-4 protein in rat soleus muscle.
The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that the decreased capacity for glucose transport in the denervated rat… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Temporomandibular joint injuries.
The clinical and radiologic findings in 30 patients who sustained injuries to the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) were… 
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Contractile function of single muscle fibers after hindlimb suspension.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine how muscle atrophy produced by the hindlimb suspension (HS) model alters the… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
A retrospective review of lesions associated with the use of Freund's adjuvant.
A retrospective evaluation was made of lesions observed after the use of Freund's adjuvant formulations in rabbits and monkeys… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Spinal cord degeneration in AIDS
Ten months before his death, a 36-year-old homosexual man with AIDS developed progressive symmetric paraparesis with muscle… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
n‐Hexane Polyneuropathy †
Ninety‐three cases of intoxication polyneuropathy occured among household workers exposed to excess concentrations of the n… 
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