Melinda Sheffield‐Moore

A high proportion of leucine is required for optimal stimulation of the rate of muscle protein synthesis by essential amino acids in the elderly

Christos S. Katsanos, Hisamine Kobayashi, Melinda Sheffield‐Moore et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2006 · 916 citations

Agriculture, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +17

Essential amino acids are primarily responsible for the amino acid stimulation of muscle protein anabolism in healthy elderly adults

Elena Volpi, Hisamine Kobayashi, Melinda Sheffield‐Moore et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2003 · 834 citations

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Physiology +10

Testosterone administration to older men improves muscle function: molecular and physiological mechanisms

Arny A. Ferrando, Melinda Sheffield‐Moore, Catherine W. Yeckel et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2002 · 521 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Geriatric Medicine +17

Aging is associated with diminished accretion of muscle proteins after the ingestion of a small bolus of essential amino acids

Christos S. Katsanos, Hisamine Kobayashi, Melinda Sheffield‐Moore et al. · American Journal of Clinical Nutrition · 2005 · 502 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Nutritional Sciences, Physiology +16

Amino acid ingestion improves muscle protein synthesis in the young and elderly

Douglas Paddon‐Jones, Melinda Sheffield‐Moore, Xiaojun Zhang et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism · 2004 · 465 citations

Life Sciences, Nutrition, Nutritional Sciences +17