These tools will no longer be maintained as of December 31, 2024. Archived website can be found here. PubMed4Hh GitHub repository can be found here. Contact NLM Customer Service if you have questions.


Pubmed for Handhelds

PUBMED FOR HANDHELDS

Search MEDLINE/PubMed

  • Title: Muscle energy metabolism in female DMD/BMD carriers: a 31P-MR spectroscopy study.
    Author: Barbiroli B, Funicello R, Ferlini A, Montagna P, Zaniol P.
    Journal: Muscle Nerve; 1992 Mar; 15(3):344-8. PubMed ID: 1557082.
    Abstract:
    31P nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (31P-MRS) was used to investigate the energy metabolism of the gastrocnemius muscle in 16 DMD/BMD female carriers. No significant difference was found with the controls in the resting muscle, while all carriers showed a decreased ability to perform work, and a higher Pi/PCr ratio for comparable relative levels of steady-state work. The rate of postexercise recovery of PCr/Pi ratio was lower in all carriers. The decreased rate of PCr/Pi recovery appears to be mainly due to a decreased rate of Pi recovery. Our findings show abnormal muscle energy metabolism in DMD/BMD female carriers.
    [Abstract] [Full Text] [Related] [New Search]