Muscle Memory Discovery Ends 'Use It or Lose It' Dogma
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Muscle Memory Discovery Ends 'Use It or Lose It' Dogma
Modern lab techniques now allow us to see that nuclei gained during training persist even when muscle cells shrink due to disuse or start to break down. These residual 'myonuclei' allow more and faster growth when muscles are retrained, suggesting that we can "bank" muscle growth potential in our teens to prevent frailty in old age.
The research is in Frontiers in Physiology. (full open access)
https://neurosciencenews.com/muscle-memory-dogma-10637/
Muscle Memory Discovery Ends 'Use It or Lose It' Dogma
Modern lab techniques now allow us to see that nuclei gained during training persist even when muscle cells shrink due to disuse or start to break down. These residual 'myonuclei' allow more and faster growth when muscles are retrained, suggesting that we can "bank" muscle growth potential in our teens to prevent frailty in old age.
The research is in Frontiers in Physiology. (full open access)
https://neurosciencenews.com/muscle-memory-dogma-10637/
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