FIGURE 5.

Lean mass and muscle wet mass were reduced by chronic EtOH intake. Atrophy or loss of muscle quantity was assessed using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to estimate lean body mass (A) and by obtaining muscle wet mass of the left plantarflexors (gastrocnemius, soleus, and plantaris muscles) (B) and dorsiflexors (tibialis anterior, extensor digitorum longus, and extensor hallucis muscles) (C). All mice were female and the EtOH group consumed 20% EtOH in drinking water for approximately 40 weeks. *Significantly different than the control group (p < 0.05). Bars are mean ± SD. N = 10 for EtOH and 5 for control. EtOH, Ethanol.