This paper explores the role of extracellular vesicles in providing extracellular matrix signals for migration of vascular smooth muscle cells. The evidence, based on cell culture experiments and ...
The clitoris is a vital part of the female sexual system, playing a crucial role in sexual satisfaction and overall sexual health. During arousal, the smooth muscle within the corpus cavernosum of the ...
In this study, the authors developed an organoid system containing smooth muscle cells (SMCs) and interstitial cells of Cajal (ICCs; pacemaker cells), but few enteric neurons. This system generates ...
The Nature Index 2025 Research Leaders — previously known as Annual Tables — reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural and health sciences, according to their output in ...
School of Mechanical Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China Shandong Institute of Mechanical Design and Research, Jinan 250353, China School of ...
The study aimed to investigate changes in corticomuscular coupling during elbow flexion and extension in stroke survivors using functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and surface ...
1 Department of Endocrinology, Chengdu Shuangliu Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu, China 2 Key Laboratory of Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau Animal Genetic Resource Reservation and ...
Thirty-one members of the University of Chicago faculty have received distinguished service professorships or named professorships. Rishi Arora, Ozan Candogan, Erika Claud, Anthony Fowler, Alexander ...
Dr. Achilles “Oggie” Pappano of West Simsbury, CT, died peacefully on Tuesday, December 31, 2024, at UConn John Dempsey Hospital, surrounded by his high school sweetheart and wife of 61 years, Mary ...
- Muscle cells, also known as myocytes, are specialized cells designed for contraction and force production. Skeletal Muscle Cells: These cells are long, cylindrical, and have a striated (or striped) ...
The control of muscle contraction is usually described in terms of excitation–contraction coupling or muscle activation. Muscle relaxation has received much less attention, although its control is ...