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Aerobic training attenuates nicotinic acethylcholine receptor changes in the diaphragm muscle during heart failure.

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Abstract
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Heart failure (HF) is a progressive myopathy, with clinical signs of fatigue and limb weakness that can damage the nerve-muscle interaction, altering synaptic transmission and nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in neuromuscular junctions (NMJs). The diaphragm is composed of a mixed proportion of muscle fibres, and during HF, this muscle becomes slower and can alter its function. As exercise training is an accepted practice to minimise abnormalities of skeletal muscle during HF, in this study, we evaluated the hypothesis that aerobic training attenuates alterations in the expression of nAChR subunits in NMJs diaphragm during heart failure.

Year of Publication
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2015
Journal
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Histology and histopathology
Volume
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30
Issue
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7
Number of Pages
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801-11
ISSN Number
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0213-3911
URL
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http://www.hh.um.es/Abstracts/Vol_30/30_7/30_7_801.htm
DOI
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10.14670/HH-11-581
Short Title
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Histol Histopathol
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