Activity-dependent signaling pathways controlling muscle diversity and plasticity.
Author(s)
ASI Sponsor
Schiaffino, Stefano
Sandri, Marco
Murgia, Marta
Subjects
Date Issued
2007-08-01
Abstract
A variety of fiber types with different contractile and metabolic properties is present in mammalian skeletal muscle. The fiber-type profile is controlled by nerve activity via specific signaling pathways, whose identification may provide potential therapeutic targets for the prevention and treatment of metabolic and neuromuscular diseases.
ISSN
1548-9213
Journal
Physiology (Bethesda, Md.)