A study shows a newfound diversity in how cells talk to the muscle they innervate, revealing that the subclasses of neurons have distinct propensities for change, or 'plasticity'. A new study by MIT ...

THE histology and physiology of both fast and slow types of cat striated muscle were studied in detail by Denny-Brown 1. He reported that the histological appearance did not distinguish definitely ...

Normal gastric emptying is the result of coordinated activity in the proximal and distal regions of the stomach (Figure 1). [10] Neither region can be considered in isolation from the whole, and the ...

Normal rapid eye movement (REM) sleep is characterized by tonic features, including cortical electroencephalogram (EEG) desynchronization and muscle atonia, as well as phasic events, including bursts ...

If you've ever tried to swat a fruit fly out of the air, you know how crafty the little buggers can be at avoiding your swings. Turns out that not only are they incredibly agile, they're super ...

Metabolic responses to air exposure and recovery were investigated in the adductor muscles of the high intertidal mussel Geukensia demissa granosissima and the subtidal mussel Modiolus squamosus.