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Effect of denervation on glucose uptake in rat soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles
Author(s) -
Shoji Shin'ichi
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
muscle and nerve
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.025
H-Index - 145
eISSN - 1097-4598
pISSN - 0148-639X
DOI - 10.1002/mus.880090111
Subject(s) - denervation , extensor digitorum longus muscle , extensor digitorum muscle , soleus muscle , anatomy , atrophy , amyotrophy , medicine , endocrinology , chemistry , skeletal muscle
From 1 to 14 days after denervation, glucose uptake in the fast extensor digitorum longus and slow soleus muscles in rats was investigated and compared with that of the corresponding intact contralateral muscles. Denervation‐induced atrophy in soleus was greater than that in extensor digitorum longus muscle. Glucose uptake in extensor digitorum longus muscle increased significantly, but that in soleus decreased significantly.