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Evidence for nervous system degeneration with advancing age

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Summary, in English

Human skeletal muscle undergoes major structural and functional changes with advancing age. A progressive degeneration of the nervous system is now considered a major factor underlying these alterations. This review will briefly describe the changes that occur in the human motor unit with increasing age and focus specifically on the changes that relate to a degeneration of the nervous system.

Department/s

Publishing year

1997

Language

English

Pages

1011-1013

Publication/Series

Journal of Nutrition

Volume

127

Issue

5

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Topic

  • Nutrition and Dietetics

Keywords

  • aging
  • central nervous system
  • muscle mass
  • motor neurons
  • humans

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 1541-6100