Basic biology and current understanding of skeletal muscle [electronic resource] / Kunihiro Sakuma, editor.

Chapter 1: Stem cell hierarchies in muscle satellite cells / Yusuke Ono
Chapter 2: Cellular mechanisms regulating protein metabolism in skeletal muscle cells: age-associated alteration of intracellular signaling governing protein synthesis and degradation / Mitsunori Miyazaki
Chapter 3: Biological actions of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) isoforms and IGF binding proteins in skeletal muscle / Akihiko Yamaguchi, Kunihiro Sakuma and Isao Morita
Chapter 4: An overview of the therapeutic strategies for preventing sarcopenia / Kunihiro Sakuma and Akihiko Yamaguchi
Chapter 5: Oxidative stress-induced signal transduction in skeletal muscle / Wataru Aoi
Chapter 6: The functional role of heat shock proteins in skeletal muscle / Tomonori Ogata
Mechanical stress and myofibrillar structure / Fuminori Kawano
Chapter 8: AMPK: molecular mechanisms of metabolic adaptations in skeletal muscle / Masataka Suwa
Chapter 9: A role for mitochondria as a potential regulator of myogenesis / Akira Wagatsuma
Chapter 10: Skeletal muscular adaptation and local steroidogenesis / Katsuji Aizawa