In rats, lifting weights for two weeks made their muscles build more protein even though the usual muscle-building signals in their bodies went down. This shows muscles can grow without needing those...

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Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates are increased in chronically exercised skeletal muscle despite decreased anabolic signaling

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2022 May 9

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Myofibrillar protein synthesis rates are increased in chronically exercised skeletal muscle despite decreased anabolic signaling

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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11621-x

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