Physiologic and molecular bases of muscl
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Phillips, Stuart M.
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Article
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2009
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NRC Research Press
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English
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Normally, skeletal muscle mass is unchanged, beyond periods of growth, but it begins to decline in the fourth or fifth decade of life. The mass of skeletal muscle is maintained by ingestion of protein-containing meals. With feeding, muscle protein synthesis (MPS) is stimulated and a small suppressio