Examination of individual myofibers from tissues with maintained muscle mass showed a trend toward increased cross-sectional area; the very small atrophic fibers that are found with age were in particular absent with low-dose rapalog treatment.
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Partial Inhibition of mTORC1 in Aged Rats Counteracts the Decline in Muscle Mass and Reverses Molecular Signaling Associated with Sarcopenia.
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For the most part, the expression levels of these genes remained unchanged in gastrocnemius and plantaris muscles following RAD001 treatment, although we observed a trend toward significance in reduction of Chrnε mRNA levels with LD RAD001 in the plantaris ( Fig. 5B and C ).