title: Relationship between hind-limb muscle atrophy and serum enzymes in tail suspended rats.
abstract: Many studies on the effects of gravity have been reported using animals or human being since the gravity influences the biological body in space.  Especially suspension techniques for rat have been used as a microgravity simulation.  This study is a report on the relation between serum enzymes such as CK and muscle atrophy, caused by tail suspension in rats.
authors.affiliation: Space Medicine Laboratory, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakaya
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kosugi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
mesh_terms: D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D001835:Body Weight; D003402:Creatine Kinase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D005552:Forelimb; D006614:Hindlimb; D007103:Immobilization; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000097:blood / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology; D009133:Muscular Atrophy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009929:Organ Size; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation
chemical_list: D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D003402:Creatine Kinase