Table 1.
Body and absolute and relative muscle masses.
Wild-type (n = 6) | MCK-CN* (n = 10) | |
Body Mass (g) | 23.3 ± 0.9 | 20.7 ± 0.4* |
Absolute Muscle Mass (mg) | ||
Soleus | 8.2 ± 0.6 | 10.2 ± 0.6* |
MG | 46.7 ± 1.8 | 34.5 ± 1.9* |
PLT | 16.8 ± 0.8 | 16.2 ± 0.7 |
TA | 43.0 ± 1.2 | 36.0 ± 1.3* |
EDL | 8.3 ± 1.3 | 7.8 ± 0.5 |
Relative Muscle Mass (mg/g body mass) | ||
Soleus | 0.35 ± 0.02 | 0.48 ± 0.02* |
MG | 2.01 ± 0.04 | 1.66 ± 0.09* |
PLT | 0.72 ± 0.03 | 0.78 ± 0.04 |
TA | 1.85 ± 0.04 | 1.74 ± 0.06 |
EDL | 0.36 ± 0.05 | 0.38 ± 0.03 |
Abbreviations: MG, medial gastrocnemius; PLT, plantaris; TA, tibialis anterior; EDL, extensor digitorum longus. Values with asterisks are significantly different from wild-type at p ≤ 0.05.