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A Neuromuscular Look Into Genetics Of Muscle Aging, Christina Talley
A Neuromuscular Look Into Genetics Of Muscle Aging, Christina Talley
Master of Science in Integrative Biology Theses
As individuals age throughout their life, they experience muscle tissue loss that impacts their quality of life such as a decrease in their physical capabilities and sometimes even their mental capacity. The process of muscle aging is the key point of this study. This involves the individual’s muscles and the motor neurons that control them. Skeletal muscles are used daily to maintain posture, stand, walk, etc. Throughout a lifetime these muscles undergo damage and need to be repaired. When the muscles are repaired, they express physical changes. The tissue shrinks in size and eventually the composition of the tissue is …