The conserved transmembrane proteoglycan Perdido/Kon-tiki is essential for myofibrillogenesis and sarcomeric structure in Drosophila [PDF]
, 2014 M.B. was funded by a Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award to P. Lawrence (WT096645MA).Muscle differentiation requires the assembly of high-order structures called myofibrils, composed of sarcomeres.
Estrada, B +8 more
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Vacuum-enhanced dielectric elastomer counterpulsation for in-vivo diastolic augmentation
Materials Today AdvancesCardiac assist devices based on dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) offer a promising alternative to conventional mechanical circulatory support by providing soft and adaptive mechanical assistance.
Amine Benouhiba +9 more
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A study of receptors in jaw muscles of the rat and other vertebrates [PDF]
, 1989 The masseteric nerve supplying rat deep masseter muscle was traced from serial paraffin sections. The number of myelinated axons counted in a plastic transverse section close to its entrance into the muscle was 2120. Extrafusal muscle fibre counts of rat
Saed, Hassan Hantosh, Saed, H.H
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An investigation into the ultrastructural parameters of abdominal muscles in children and adolescents with spastic type cerebral palsy and the effect on postural muscle performance [PDF]
, 2014 Includes bibliographical references.Cerebral palsy (CP) is an abnormality in motor function and postural tone that usually occurs at an early age. Spastic type cerebral palsy (STCP) - the most common type of motor disorder - involves increased muscle ...
Adjenti, Saviour Kweku
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Effect of Low-Level Laser Therapy on Sternocleidomastoid and Trapezius Muscles’ Spasm for Treatment and Alleviation of Temporomandibular Disorders [PDF]
, 2021 Objectives: The aim was to evaluate the therapeutic effect of low-level laser therapy LLLT on pain intensity of different cervicofacial muscles symptoms to alleviation of temporomandibular disorders TMDs.
Suha N. Al-Aloosi +2 more
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Mapping the cortical representation of the lumbar paravertebral muscles [PDF]
, 2007 Objective: The aim of this study was to map the cortical representation of the lumbar spine paravertebral (LP) muscles in healthy subjects. Methods: Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) was employed to map the cortical representations of the LP ...
Cossar, J +3 more
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MusclesThis comprehensive review focuses on the dynamics of branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) metabolism and its clinical implications in chronic liver disease, with emphasis on the emerging concept of muscle–liver crosstalk.
Maria Camila Trillos-Almanza +5 more
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Artificial muscles: Reducing the gap with natural muscles
, 2018 Humans, animals and plants are a source of inspiration for developing robots. Materials and devices, including robots, are being developed with properties, appearance, kinds of movements or behavior similar to those of biological systems, so called ...
Martinez, Jose Gabriel
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An Intronic Heterozygous SYNE2 Splice Site Mutation: A Rare Cause for Myalgia and hyperCKemia?
MusclesSYNE2 mutations have been associated with skeletal and cardiac muscle diseases, including Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD). Here, we present a 70-year-old male patient with muscle pain and elevated serum creatine kinase levels in whom whole-exome
Theresa Paulus +10 more
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Spatiotemporal symmetries in the disynaptic canal-neck projection [PDF]
, 2007 The vestibular system in almost all vertebrates, and in particular in humans, controls balance by employing a set of six semicircular canals, three in each inner ear, to detect angular accelerations of the head in three mutually orthogonal coordinate ...
Golubitsky, Martin +2 more
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