Skeletal Muscle Plasticity in Health and Disease

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Bottinelli, Roberto (Editor), Reggiani, Carlo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Advances in Muscle Research, 2
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Cell biology.; Developmental biology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.; Cell Biology.; Developmental Biology.

The ability of striated muscle tissue to adapt to changes in activity or in working conditions is extremely high. In some ways it is comparable to the ability of the brain to learn. The interest in muscle adaptation is increasing in relation to the idea that physical fitness helps in the prevention...