David Thomson

Research Interests

The primary research focus of my lab is the effect of old-age and diabetes on skeletal muscle metabolism, mass and function. Understanding the mechanisms that control muscle mass is important in understanding and developing behavioral and pharmacological treatments for many conditions where muscle mass is compromised, including aging, muscle injury, diabetes, and so forth. We are particularly interested in the molecular signaling pathways [e.g. AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) and mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR)] that are important in the control of muscle growth, and how those pathways are affected by various stimuli such as exercise, damage, inflammation, diet, obesity and inactivity.

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Chase M Walton Samuel M Jacobsen Blake W Dallon Erin R Saito Shantelle L H Bennett Lance E Davidson David M Thomson Robert D Hyldahl Benjamin T Bikman A D Mackay E D Marchant D J Munk Richard Kent Watt Jason Merrell Hansen David Morley Thomson Chad R Hancock David Morley Thomson B A Parker C M Walton S T Carr J L Andrus Cheung ECK M J Duplisea E K Wilson C Draney D R Lathen K B Kenner David Morley Thomson Jeffery S Tessem Benjamin Thomas Bikman Shalene E Hardman Derrick E Hall Alyssa J Cabrera Chad R Hancock David Morley Thomson Bradley S Henriksen Mary E Curtis Natasha Fillmore Brandon R Cardon David Morley Thomson Chad R Hancock K. C. Jackson L. M. Wohlers R. M. Lovering R. A. Schuh A. C. Maher A. Bonen T. R. Koves O. Ilkayeva David Morley Thomson D. M. Muoio E. E. Spangenburg J. F. Merrill David Morley Thomson S. E. Hardman S. D. Hepworth S. Willie Chad R Hancock Bruce C Frier Chad R Hancock Jonathan P Little Natasha Fillmore Tyler A Bliss David Morley Thomson Zhongxiao Wan David C Wright J D Brown Chad R Hancock A D Mongillo B J Barton R A Digiovanni Allen Clive Parcell William W Winder David Morley Thomson David Morley Thomson Chad R Hancock B G Evanson S G Kenney B B Mallan A D Mongillo J D Brown S Hepworth N Fillmore Allen Clive Parcell David Lee Kooyman William W Winder

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