Changes in Northern Elephant Seal Skeletal Muscle Following Thirty Days of Fasting and Reduced Activity

Changes in Northern Elephant Seal Skeletal Muscle Following Thirty Days of Fasting and Reduced Activity

Northern elephant seals (NES, Mirounga angustirostris) undergo an annual molt during which they spend ∼40 days fasting on land with reduced activity and lose approximately one-quarter of their body mass. Reduced activity and muscle load in stereotypic terrestrial mammalian models results in decrease...

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Main Authors: Traver J. Wright, Randall W. Davis, Rachel R. Holser, Luis A. Hückstädt, Christopher P. Danesi, Craig Porter, Steven G. Widen, Terrie M. Williams, Daniel P. Costa, Melinda Sheffield-Moore
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
Subjects:
muscle atrophy
fasting
skeletal muscle
elephant seal
lipid metabolism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2020.564555/full

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