Single swim sessions in C. elegans induce key features of mammalian exercise

Abstract Background Exercise exerts remarkably powerful effects on metabolism and health, with anti-disease and anti-aging outcomes. Pharmacological manipulation of exercise benefit circuits might improve the health of the sedentary and the aging populations. Still, how exercised muscle signals to i...

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Main Authors: Ricardo Laranjeiro, Girish Harinath, Daniel Burke, Bart P. Braeckman, Monica Driscoll
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0368-4