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Funding
- Division Overview
- Bone Biology
- Bone Diseases
- Cartilage and Connective Tissue
- Clinical Osteoarthritis & Diagnostic Imaging of Bones and Joints
- Muscle Development and Physiology
- Muscle Disorders and Therapies
- Musculoskeletal Development, Tissue Engineering, and Regenerative Medicine
- Orthopaedic Research
Muscle Development and Physiology Program
Reviewed July 19, 2008
Research Areas
- Development, growth, and maintenance of skeletal muscle tissue
- Basic biology of satellite cells and muscle stem cells
- Excitation-contraction coupling
- Skeletal muscle fitness and adaptation to exercise
- Muscle metabolism
- Muscle imaging
Staff Contact
Amanda Boyce Ph.D.
Program Director
Muscle Biology and Physiology Program
Division of Musculoskeletal Diseases
NIAMS, NIH, DHHS
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Blvd. Ste. 800
Bethesda, MD 20892-4872
Email: boycea@mail.nih.gov