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Destabilization of the neuromuscular junction by proteolytic cleavage of agrin results in precocious sarcopenia

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Sarcopenia Accelerates at Advanced Ages in Fisher 344xBrown Norway Rats

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Recent advances in the biology and therapy of muscle wasting

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Slow twitch soleus muscle is not protected from sarcopenia in senescent rats

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Muscle Wasting in Aged, Sarcopenic Rats Is Associated with Enhanced Activity of the Ubiquitin Proteasome Pathway

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Life-long caloric restriction: Effect on age-related changes in motoneuron numbers, sizes and apoptotic markers

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Understanding sarcopenia as a geriatric syndrome

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Increased superoxide in vivo accelerates age-associated muscle atrophy through mitochondrial dysfunction and neuromuscular junction degeneration

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Caloric restriction optimizes the proteasome pathway with aging in rat plantaris muscle: implications for sarcopenia

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Early detection of denervated muscle fibers in hindlimb muscles after sciatic nerve transection in wild type mice and in the G93A mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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