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Skeletal muscle calcium-activated neutral protease (calpain) with exercise by Belcastro, A N

“…The purpose of this study was to investigate whether exercise could induce calpain activation by altering the Ca2+ required for half-maximal activity (pCa50)…”
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Heart, liver, and skeletal muscle myeloperoxidase activity during exercise by Belcastro, A N, Arthur, G D, Albisser, T A, Raj, D A

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether contractile activity associated with running exercise was a prerequisite for neutrophil infiltration into…”
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Time course of diaphragm injury and calpain activity during resistive loading by REID, W. D, BELCASTRO, Angelo N

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the time course of arterial blood gas (ABG) deterioration, increased calpain activity, and diaphragm injury during 4…”
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Diaphragm injury and myofibrillar structure induced by resistive loading by Reid, W D, Huang, J, Bryson, S, Walker, D C, Belcastro, A N

“…The purpose of this study was to determine whether ventilatory failure is associated with muscle fiber damage and myofibrillar protein alterations. Ventilatory…”
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Intraluminal Ca2+ dependence of Ca2+ and ryanodine-mediated regulation of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ release by GILCHRIST, J. S. C, BELCASTRO, A. N, KATZ, S

“…The action of ryanodine upon sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ handling is controversial with evidence for both activation and inhibition of SR Ca2+ release. In…”
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Are indices of free radical damage related to exercise intensity by Lovlin, R, Cottle, W, Pyke, I, Kavanagh, M, Belcastro, A N

“…The possibility that plasma levels of malonaldehyde (MDA) are altered by exercise has been examined. The presence of MDA has been recognized to reflect…”
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Function of skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum vesicles with exercise by Belcastro, A N, Gilchrist, J S, Scrubb, J

“…In this study the response of sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) to prolonged moderate-intensity exercise was examined in highly purified native vesicles isolated…”
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Differential effect of oestrogen on post-exercise cardiac muscle myeloperoxidase and calpain activities in female rats by TIIDUS, P. M., ZAJCHOWSKI, S., ENNS, D., HOLDEN, D., BOMBARDIER, E., BELCASTRO, A. N.

“…The effects of oestrogen administration on 1 h post‐exercise cardiac muscle myeloperoxidase (MPO) and calpain activities were determined in female rats. Rats…”
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Calcium-activated neutral protease effects upon skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum protein structure and calcium release by Gilchrist, J S, Wang, K K, Katz, S, Belcastro, A N

“…In this study, the effects of Ca(2+)-activated neutral protease (CANP) upon skeletal muscle heavy sarcoplasmic reticulum (HSR) structure and function were…”
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Exercise-induced muscle injury: a calpain hypothesis by Belcastro, A N, Shewchuk, L D, Raj, D A

“…It is well established that periods of increased contractile activity result in significant changes in muscle structure and function. Such morphological…”
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Reduced Serum Testosterone and Prolactin Levels in Male Distance Runners by Wheeler, Garry D, Wall, Stephen R, Belcastro, Angelo N, Cumming, David C

“…To investigate whether endurance running in men produced basal hormonal changes similar to those reported in women, we obtained blood samples from 31 men…”
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Lactic acid removal rates during controlled and uncontrolled recovery exercise by Belcastro, A N, Bonen, A

“…After a standardized 6-min bicycle ergometer exercise (89% VO2max) lactic acid removal rates were compared during recovery at rest and exercies at 29.7, 45.3,…”
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Dietary carbohydrate-to-fat ratio: influence on whole-body nitrogen retention, substrate utilization, and hormone response in healthy male subjects by McCargar, L J, Clandinin, M T, Belcastro, A N, Walker, K

“…The effect of a high-carbohydrate and a high-fat diet on nitrogen retention, substrate utilization, and serum hormone concentrations was assessed in six…”
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Profiles of selected hormones during menstrual cycles of teenage athletes by Bonen, A, Belcastro, A N, Ling, W Y, Simpson, A A

“…Concentrations of luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), progesterone (P), 17 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone (17 alpha OHP), 17…”
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Metabolic and hormonal responses in theophylline-increased cold resistance in males by Wang, L C, Man, S F, Belcastro, A N

“…The effects of theophylline (a phosphodiesterase inhibitor-adenosine receptor antagonist) and substrate feeding (Ensure, 250 kcal/235 ml) on cold resistance…”
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Circadian rhythm of glycogen in the hamster diaphragm by Reid, W D, Cairns, C L, Chung, F, Wiggs, B R, Belcastro, A N

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the diurnal fluctuation of glycogen stores for the whole hemidiaphragm and within a specific myofibrillar ATPase…”
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Mild exercise impedes glycogen repletion in muscle by Bonen, A, Ness, G W, Belcastro, A N, Kirby, R L

“…Bicycle ergometric exercise was used to deplete glycogen by either 80 or 35% in the vastus lateralis of both legs. Thereafter, subjects from each group rested…”
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The effect of acute exercise on pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone in women runners by Cumming, D C, Vickovic, M M, Wall, S R, Fluker, M R, Belcastro, A N

“…Endurance exercise has been associated with reproductive dysfunction. We have previously suggested that pulsatile release of luteinizing hormone is impaired at…”
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Maximal oxygen uptake during free, tethered, and flume swimming by Bonen, A, Wilson, B A, Yarkony, M, Belcastro, A N

“…The purpose of this study was 1) to compare the maximal oxygen uptake (VO2max) obtained in swimmers during tethered swimming, free swimming, and flume…”
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Effects of exercise on the serum concentrations of FSH, LH, progesterone, and estradiol by Bonen, A, Ling, W Y, MacIntyre, K P, Neil, R, McGrail, J C, Belcastro, A N

“…The effects of 30 min of exercise (74.1 +/- 3.0% (VO2), on the responses of progesterone (P), estradiol (E2), follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), and…”
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