muscle
• by about 60% in type 2 skeletal muscle fibers
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• morphologically, both skeletal and cardiac muscle are normal
• increased mitochondrial content of type 2 skeletal muscle fibers
• 60% increase of glycogen levels in type 2 fibers
• glycogenolysis increased during exercise
• ADP increased 2X, AMP increased 8X, ATP insignificantly decreased
• phosphocreatine levels elevated but total creatine levels normal
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• slower time to peak tension for cardiac muscle fibers
• slower time to "half relaxation" for cardiac muscle fibers
• systolic cell shortening considerably reduced
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• a 45% drop in force generated by gastrocnemius-plantaris-soleus muscle complex within the first eight twitches using 5 Hz stimulation
(J:20440)
• more rapid decline in "twitch" force with repeated
stimulation
(J:76699)
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cardiovascular system
• left ventricular mass is insignificantly increased over controls
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• slower time to peak tension for cardiac muscle fibers
• slower time to "half relaxation" for cardiac muscle fibers
• systolic cell shortening considerably reduced
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• much greater reductions in blood pressure due to treatment with isoprenaline
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homeostasis/metabolism
• glycogenolysis in type 2 skeletal muscle fibers increased in exercise
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• by about 60% in type 2 skeletal muscle fibers
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cellular
• increased activities of Krebs cycle enzymes
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