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[Structural-metabolic plasticity of mammalian skeletal muscles in hypokinesis and weightlessness].
Aviakosmicheskaia i ekologicheskaia meditsina = Aerospace and environmental medicine - 1 Jan 2002
Shenkman B S
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Under review are investigations of the contractile structure of skeletal muscles of humans and animals (rats and primates) following space flight, long-term hypokinesia, immersion (human subjects) and head-down suspension (rats). Close consideration is given to experimental testing of hypotheses concerning neuronal, humoral and cell processes leading to atrophy. Described are consistencies and mechanisms of...
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