title: [Plasticity of skeletal muscle against unloading stress.]
abstract: Recently, muscle atrophy caused by unloading, such as spaceflight and bed rest has been becoming a social problem in Japan. However, the effective countermeasures against these disuse atrophy have not been developed. We have reviewed the mechanisms of disuse atrophy and its possible countermeasures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Medical Nutrition, Tokushima University Graduate School, Japan.
authors.forename: Hikaru
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kishimoto
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Physiology, Institute of Medical Nutrition, Tokushima University Graduate School, Japan.
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Kanako
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitahata
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nikawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001284:Atrophy; D006801:Humans; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000502:physiology*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013312:Stress, Physiological