Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the Lippincott-Schwartz Lab shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those ...

When an aging mouse with Alzheimer’s-like symptoms suddenly starts acing memory tests it had been failing for weeks, ...

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in artificially mimicking the ion signaling of heart muscle cells. To succeed, ...

Smooth muscle cells orchestrate involuntary contractions across vascular, respiratory, gastrointestinal and uterine systems, adapting organ function to physiological demands. At its core, contraction ...

A new University of California, Irvine-led study identifies sex-specific circuits of muscle signaling to other tissues, and that the organs and processes of muscle impacts are markedly different ...

Researchers Sumika Kato, Takeo Kubo, and Taro Fukazawa of the University of Tokyo have discovered that c1qtnf3, a secreting factor, namely a protein molecule that is secreted by a cell and influences ...

Researchers say AI based body composition analysis may improve early cardiometabolic risk detection, although routine MRI ...

When muscle tissue gets damaged, the body starts a complex process to repair it. However, not all types of muscle damage are the same. For example, a sudden tear during a football game is quite ...

There is perhaps no better way to see the absolute pinnacle of human athletic abilities than by watching the Olympics. But at the Olympics – and at almost all professional sporting events – you rarely ...