Regulation of the blood pressure is a vital physiological process enabling the body to respond to immediately changing ...

Ligaments and tendons are two main types of connective tissues that help the muscular-skeletal system produce movements. The muscles contract to pull on the bones to produce movements. Joints are ...

The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, ...

Catherine University Affiliated Professor, Kinesiology and Integrative Physiology Affiliated Associate Professor ... Specifically, his research is focused on three key areas: 1) mechanics of skeletal ...

In addition, androgens have anabolic effects, as indicated by its alias, anabolic steroid, and administration of androgens is known to cause hypertrophy of skeletal muscle. In a new study ...

This section explores the different types of muscles in our body and their involvement in sporting activities. Skeletal system - Edexcel The skeleton is the central structure of the body and is ...

The heart is a muscle like no other, beating 60 to 100 times per minute on average, around the clock. But when it grows weak, it can lead to serious problems: from debilitating shortness of breath and ...

People who experience heat stress during exercise may need more recovery time to let their muscles heal, according to a new mouse study published ahead of print in the American Journal of ...

E Nunn, N Jaiswal, M Gavin, K Uehara, M Stefkovich, K Drareni, R Calhoun, M Lee, C Holman, J Baur, S Patrick, P. Titchenell. Antibody Blockade of Activin Type II Receptors Preserves Skeletal Muscle ...

McArdle disease (also known as glycogen storage disease type V) is a pure myopathy caused by an inherited deficit of myophosphorylase, the skeletal muscle isoform of the enzyme glycogen phosphorylase.