Challenging the brain by exposing it to new situations, tasks and skills can improve its efficiency, much like strength ...

Changes in breathing patterns, especially those involving strong abdominal muscle contractions, can therefore trigger high blood pressure in patients.

It is well established in the literature that regular physical exercise provides a number of systemic benefits (1), including cardiovascular risk reduction (2) and lung function improvement (3).

The findings could have implications for robotics, prosthetics and energy efficient machines. John McGrath and José Alvarado with HillBot, a robot designed to test parameters of muscle strength and ...

Abstract: Quantitatively deciphering the relationship between muscle activation and thickness deformation is essential for diagnosing muscle-related diseases and monitoring muscle health (e.g., ...

Summary: New research reveals that brain cells use a muscle-like signaling mechanism to relay information over long distances. Scientists discovered that dendrites, the branch-like extensions of ...

The basic physiological principles of muscle contraction are well established: when muscle cells are excited, myosin heads in the sarcomere thick filaments bind to actin thin filaments and undergo a ...

Working out your muscles may help heal your nerves after injury, by encouraging those neurons to grow faster. In a new study of mouse cells, scientists found that both the biochemical and mechanical ...

The sarcomere is the functional unit of striated muscle contraction. Previous studies have provided valuable information about the sarcomeric proteins and modulators that are necessary for activation ...

Photograph of a specimen of the common European starfish Asterias rubens with a regenerating arm.Professor Maurice Elphick / Queen Mary University of London It’s often seen that whenever predators ...