During cyclic movements, the number of muscle activations and their timing are different from cycle to cycle. In a previous study, the CIMAP algorithm was proposed for grouping cycles showing similar ...

A natural compound from Traditional Chinese Medicine may help prevent coronary artery spasms by relaxing arteries and ...

Major contractile proteins were purified from relaxed actomyosin extracted from molluscan catch muscle myofibrils using ammonium sulfate fractionation and divalent cation precipitation. A fraction of ...

The contraction-relaxation cycle of the heart is controlled by the sequential rise and fall of the cytosolic calcium concentration. Calcium entry through L-type calcium channels during the action ...

A team of researchers from Toho University has uncovered a potential new use for a naturally occurring compound, schisandrin ...

Wearable technology has gained increasing popularity in the applications of healthcare, sports science, and biomedical engineering in recent years. Because of its convenient nature, the wearable ...

Dr Amir Khan has shared five commonly Googled and 'weird' symptoms that may seem harmless but could actually be a sign of something more serious - and you should tell your GP about them ...

Heart attack prevention may lie not in pills but in your pantry. Japanese scientists discovered that ferulic acid, present in foods like rice and spinach, significantly reduces artery spasms linked to ...

Ferulic acid suppresses ileal smooth muscle contraction by inhibiting calcium ion influx through voltage-dependent calcium channels. This action may help prevent or treat excessive intestinal ...

Until recently, eNOS was thought to be the sole isoform constitutively expressed in ventricular myocytes and thus the source of NO involved in the autocrine regulation of myocardial contraction and Ca ...

Simultaneously visualizing electrical and calcium dynamics in patient iPSC-derived heart muscle cells by Kyoto University edited by Lisa Lock, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...