Striated respiratory muscles are necessary for lung ventilation and to maintain the patency of
the upper airway. The basic structural and functional properties of respiratory muscles are …

Symmorphosis is a concept of economy of biological design, whereby structural properties
are matched to functional demands. According to symmorphosis, biological structures are …

Skeletal muscle is a heterogeneous tissue comprised of fibers with different morphological,
functional, and metabolic properties. Different muscles contain varying proportions of fiber …

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of concurrent strength and endurance
training on strength, endurance, endocrine status and muscle fibre properties. A total of 45 …

Recent investigations into heterochronic parabiosis have unveiled robust rejuvenating
effects of young blood on aged tissues. However, the specific rejuvenating mechanisms …

This study examined the influence of spinal cord injury (SCI) on affected skeletal muscle.
The right vastus lateralis muscle was biopsied in 12 patients as soon as they were clinically …

This study examined the effect of resistance training on exercise-induced contrast shift in
magnetic resonance (MR) images. It was hypothesized that a given load could be lifted after …

This study shows that, over time, diaphragm inactivity with controlled mechanical ventilation
(CMV) decreases diaphragm force and produces myofibril damage contributing to the …

The current study involved the completion of two distinct experiments. Experiment 1
compared fibre specific and whole muscle responses to acute bouts of either low-volume …

Sarcolipin (SLN) is a novel regulator of sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPase (SERCA) in
muscle. SLN binding to SERCA uncouples Ca 2+ transport from ATP hydrolysis. By this …