Neuromuscular electrical stimulation prior to presleep protein feeding stimulates the use of protein-derived amino acids for overnight muscle protein synthesis.
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DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00331.2016
Abstract: Short periods of muscle disuse result in substantial skeletal muscle atrophy. Recently, we showed that both neuromuscular electrical stimulation (NMES) as well as presleep dietary protein ingestion represent effective strategies to stimulate muscle protein synthesis… read more here.
Keywords: protein; muscle protein; protein derived; muscle ... See more keywords