Activity-dependent signaling pathways controlling muscle diversity and plasticity.
Schiaffino, Stefano ; Sandri, Marco ; Murgia, Marta ; - ASI Sponsor
Aug - 2007
ISSN : 1548-9213 ;
journal : Physiology (Bethesda, Md.)

Issue : 4
type: Article Journal

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.

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