title: Studies on atrophic change of soleus muscle and its countermeasures in suspended rat.
abstract: In the environment of microgravity, the disused atrophy of skeletal muscle, especially leg's muscle, would occur.  The three purposes of this study were:  1.  To observe the dynamic changes of disused atrophy of skeletal muscle under simulated weightlessness; 2.  To approach the mechanism of disused atrophy of muscle; 3.  To approach the countermeasures for reducing the degree of atrophy of muscle.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Space Medico-Engineerin, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: X C
authors.initials: XC
authors.lastname: Zhuang
authors.forename: Y Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Q L
authors.initials: QL
authors.lastname: Xiang
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Li
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology; D004558:Electric Stimulation; D018475:Head-Down Tilt; D006614:Hindlimb; D007103:Immobilization; D007259:Infrared Rays; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D018657:Muscle Fibers, Slow-Twitch / Q000502:physiology; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012039:Regional Blood Flow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D013623:Tail; D013997:Time Factors; D018544:Weightlessness Countermeasures; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D009124:Muscle Proteins