Molecular Exercise Physiology
An Introduction
Edited by Henning Wackerhage
To Be Published December 15th 2013 by Routledge – 400 pages
Description
Molecular Exercise Physiology is the study of genetics and cell signal transduction (the conversion of a signal from outside the cell to a functional change within the cell) in relation to exercise. Molecular exercise physiologists aim to identify the genetic determinants of physical performance on a molecular level and to characterize the mechanisms responsible for the adaptation of the cell - and therefore of the body - to exercise. MEP allows exercise physiologists to explain rather than to merely describe phenomena related to exercise and therefore it is having a profound impact on the way we understand exercise physiology.
Molecular Exercise Physiology: An Introduction is the first student-friendly textbook to be published on this fundamentally important topic. It carefully explains the basics of molecular exercise science and genetic variation, drawing clear and explicit links between each molecular mechanism and an outcome or applied aspect in a sport and exercise setting, such as what makes some people good at distance running. Every chapter includes a full range of useful features, including summaries, definitions of key terms, structured guides to further reading, self-test and review questions, overviews of work by key researchers and box discussions of important contemporary debates, as well as step-by-step descriptions of practicals and research protocols that students can follow in the lab.
Structured around central themes in sport and exercise science, such as nutrition, endurance exercise, resistance training, chronic disease and ageing, this book is the perfect foundation around which to build a complete upper-level undergraduate or postgraduate course on molecular exercise physiology.
Contents
1. Introduction to Molecular Exercise Physiology 2. Signal Transduction and Exercise: Background and Methods 3. Molecular Adaptation to Endurance Exercise 4. Molecular Adaptation to Resistance Exercise 5. Molecular Sport Nutrition 6. Molecular Motor Learning 7. Genetics and Exercise: Background and Methods 8. Genetics and Endurance Sports 9. Genetics, Muscle Mass and Strength 10. Human Evolution, Metabolic Disease and Exercise 11. Heart Disease and Exercise 12. Molecules, Ageing, Cancer and Exercise
Author Bio
Henning Wackerhage did his undergraduate degree and PhD at the German Sports University in Cologne. In 1996 he took up a position as a Lecturer in Exercise Physiology at the University of Central Lancashire, where he developed the Exercise Physiology teaching. In 2000 he moved to the University of Dundee and in 2003 he moved further North to Aberdeen as a Senior Lecturer in Molecular Exercise Physiology at the University of Aberdeen. He was the first convener of the BASES Molecular Exercise Physiology interest group. His research interest is the molecular regulation of skeletal muscle adaptation, searching for an answer to the question ‘how does training work?’
Name: Molecular Exercise Physiology: An Introduction (Paperback) – Routledge
Description: Edited by Henning Wackerhage. Molecular Exercise Physiology is the study of genetics and cell signal transduction (the conversion of a signal from outside the cell to a functional change within the cell) in relation to exercise. Molecular exercise physiologists aim to identify the...
Categories: Exercise Physiology, Physiology of Sport, Molecular Biology, Medical Genetics, Biochemistry, Physiology, Cell Biology, Applied Sport Science, Biochemistry of Sport and Exercise, Environmental Physiology, Physical Activity and Health, Sports Nutrition, Sports Medicine