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Jumping is beneficial for microrobots because they have to face obstacles larger than their height frequently. However, compacting a jumping mechanism into the small body of a microrobot is ...

We often think the brain is like a muscle – we say things like “use it or lose it!”, and we talk about exercising or “training” our brains. In reality, actual brain tissue looks pretty much nothing ...

Our biceps and our brain cells may have more in common than previously thought. New research led by the ...

JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, Vol.13 No.1, January 21, 2025 ABSTRACT: The physiology of the central and enteric nervous systems and gastric muscle contributes to the complexities ...

When a motor nerve is stimulated, it signals to all of the sarcomeres in all of the innervated muscle cells (a motor unit) to contract. This is known as excitation-contraction coupling.

Using powerful new visualization technologies, researchers have captured the first 3-D images of the structure of a key muscle receptor, providing new insights on how muscles develop across the ...

The results offer new insight into understanding muscle contraction in humans that may help in developing future treatments for muscular diseases.

Using powerful new visualization technologies, researchers have captured the first 3-D images of the structure of a key muscle receptor, providing new insights on how muscles develop across the animal ...

For decades, researchers have focused on the microscopic molecular motors within muscle cells as the primary drivers of muscle contraction. These motors, made of proteins called actin and myosin, ...

U-M physicist Suraj Shankar and Harvard’s L. Mahadevan developed a theoretical model showing that fluid movement through muscle fibers dictates contraction speed. They discovered a new type of ...