At its core, treppe represents a form of muscle potentiation, where the muscle becomes more efficient and stronger with each ...

New insight into the physiology of cardiac muscle may lead to the development of therapeutic strategies that exploit an inherent protective state of the heart. The research, published by Cell Press ...

The human heart, often described as the body's engine, is a remarkable organ that tirelessly beats to keep us alive. At the core of this vital organ, intricate processes occur when it contracts, where ...

Researchers have investigated the effect of increased cell temperature on the contractility of skeletal muscle and cardiac muscle by heating the muscle proteins using advanced microscopical techniques ...

In humans, the heart is the first functional organ to develop, starting to beat by four weeks after conception. During the development, the heart grows an intricate and complex network of muscle ...

Cardiovascular disease continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide. But advances in heart-failure therapeutics have stalled, largely due to the difficulty of delivering treatments at the ...

USF Health Heart Institute doctors are upbeat about cardiac regeneration. But when those batteries – heart muscle cells called cardiomyocytes − short circuit and die, the damage can be devastating.

A groundbreaking study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology has revealed that weakness in a specific leg muscle could be the first silent warning of heart failure. This research completely ...

If you’ve been dodging the gym or your yoga mat’s been collecting cobwebs, you may be pleased to learn that you don’t need to do much to achieve gains. A new study out of Australia suggests a simple, ...