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. 2018 Sep;596(18):4289-4290.
doi: 10.1113/JP276354. Epub 2018 Aug 25.

Muscle memory: virtues of your youth?

K Gundersen  1 , J C Bruusgaard  1 , I M Egner  1 , E Eftestøl  1 , M Bengtsen  1
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Muscle memory: virtues of your youth?

K Gundersen et al. J Physiol. 2018 Sep.

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  • Corrigendum.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Physiol. 2019 Feb;597(3):969. doi: 10.1113/JP277584. Epub 2019 Jan 4. J Physiol. 2019. PMID: 30706499 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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Keywords: Skeletal muscle; Skeletal muscle fibre; hypertrophy; myonuclei; satellite cells.

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Schematic illustration of a muscle memory demonstrating the encoding, storage and retrieval of “information” related to strength exercise
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