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Aged muscle - Kay Ohlendieck, Guest Editor

Editorial                 133        Kay Ohlendieck: Aged muscle  

 

Articles                  135        Denervation and the aging of skeletal muscle
       BM Carlson

    

                               141        Excitation-contraction uncoupling and sarcopenia
       M Ryan and K Ohlendieck     

                               155        Satellite cell frequency in cross-age transplanted rat extensor digitorum longus muscles

                                             M Rudez, BM Carlson, S Sajko, L Kubínová, A Wernig and I Erzen 

                               161        M-cadherin is a reliable marker of quiescent satellite cells in mouse skeletal muscle
        A Wernig, M Bone, A Irintchev, R Schäfer and M Cullen  

 

Perspective            169        Naturally protected muscle phenotypes: Development of novel treatment strategies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

                                             P Dowling, P Doran, J Lohan, K Culligan and K Ohlendieck  
 

Articles                  179        Force deficit in neurovascular muscle transfer is partially explained by a denervated muscle fiber population

                                             MG Urbanchek, JH Van der Meulen, PS Cederna, T Eguchi and WM Kuzon Jr     

                               191        Signs of necrosis and inflammation do not support the concept of apoptosis as the predominant
        mechanism during early atrophy in immobilized muscle

                                             HJ Appell, A Ascensão, K Natsis, J Michael, and JA Duarte   

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