LITTLE is known of the way in which physiological function influences protein metabolism in muscle. Knowledge in this area is essential if we are to understand the biochemical mechanisms through which ...

A new study by MIT neuroscientists into how seemingly similar neuronal subtypes drive locomotion in the fruit fly revealed an unexpected diversity as the brain's commands were relayed to muscle fibers ...

Researchers compared a pair of superficially similar motor neurons in fruit flies to examine how their differing use of the same genome produced distinctions in form and function. Figuring out how ...

A new study by MIT neuroscientists into how seemingly similar neuronal subtypes drive locomotion in the fruit fly revealed an unexpected diversity as the brain's commands were relayed to muscle fibers ...

Tomosyn's tight regulation of neurotransmitter release distinguishes functions of two neuron classes at the fly neuromuscular junction, incluiding their ability to engage in a form of plasticity The ...

The left panel shows the "tonic" neuron (stained green) innervating just one muscle on the right of the panel. In the next panel, one can see the phasic neuron (also stained green) connecting to more ...

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 ...

“I am not throwing away my shot…Not throwing away my shot…Rise up! Rise up!” resounds the ensemble of the Broadway smash-hit musical, Hamilton. These themes from almost 250 years ago ring just as true ...