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[Metabolic changes in denervated skeletal muscles]

L Boćkowski1, J Górski

  • 1Zakład Fizjologii Akademii Medycznej w Białymstoku.

Postepy Higieny I Medycyny Doswiadczalnej
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
Summary

Severing skeletal muscle motor nerves causes severe muscle atrophy, reducing energy production and increasing tissue breakdown. This denervation also rapidly results in muscle insulin resistance.

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