New research suggests that electrical spinal cord stimulation could improve muscle function for patients who have spinal ...

A new electrical stimulation therapy for spinal muscle atrophy (SMA) has shown promise in reactivating motor neurons and ...

This influx of calcium at the contact site attracts and activates a kinase called CaMKII, a protein known to be important in ...

A newly discovered line of communication between body muscle and the pituitary gland may play an unexpected role in female ...

New research shows that a network of subcellular structures similar to those responsible for propagating molecular signals that make muscles contract are also responsible for transmitting signals in ...

The new research reveals a novel mechanism for signal transmission in brain cells and helps answer an open question in neuroscience about how intracellular signals travel over long distances in ...

Three patients with spinal muscular atrophy had improved muscle strength and could walk farther after a month of daily spinal stimulation.

Increased resistance to stretch—that is, stiffness, of the calf muscles after stroke—interferes with the function of the ankle joint.1 2 For example, stiff calf muscles may impede the performance of ...

Muscle is a soft tissue composed of elongated cells (muscle fibres) that produce force and motion through contraction. Involuntary cardiac and smooth muscles are responsible for contraction of the ...