It explains how muscles work by contracting and relaxing in coordination with motor neurons, and the importance of muscle tone in maintaining posture. The film also addresses the effects of sports ...

Isotonic contractions – these occur when a muscle contracts and changes length and there are two types: Isotonic concentric contraction – this involves the muscle shortening. The origin and ...

When muscle cells are viewed under the microscope, one can see that they contain a striped pattern (striations). This pattern is formed by a series of basic units called sarcomeres that are ...

Chronic muscle tension could be more than stress. Discover how vitamin D deficiency might be the hidden culprit behind your ...

They move our bones and associated body parts by pulling on them – this process is called muscle contraction. However, muscle contraction cannot act to push the bone back into its original ...

As a member of the Molecular Cardiac Physiology Group, my lab focuses on the mechanisms that regulate Ca2+ signaling and contraction of vascular smooth muscle. My interests fall into two themes: 1) ...

Sevasemten is an orally administered first-in-class fast skeletal myosin inhibitor designed to protect muscle against contraction-induced muscle damage in muscular dystrophies including Becker and ...