New mechanisms discovered that show how development-dependent disruptions in mitochondrial function lead to premature skeletal aging.

Building and maintaining muscle strength is one of the most important factors to living a long and healthy life, according to ...

Skeletal muscle mass loss, a systemic manifestation of COPD, has garnered increasing attention, but its association with all-cause mortality in AECOPD remains unclear. This study aimed to ...

Background Skeletal muscle mass (SMM) is inversely associated with cardiometabolic health and the ageing process. The aim of the present work was to evaluate the relation between SMM and 10 year ...

It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord (called motor neurons) to skeletal muscles that control body movements. Possible causes include spinal cord injury, ...

Previous studies have shown that protein expression of DOCK7 is increased in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading researchers from the University of ...

The myofilaments give skeletal muscle a characteristic striated, or striped, structure. Muscle contraction occurs when these myofilaments move closer together. This occurs due to stimulation by the ...

The "skeletal remains" of Lance Pollo ... Around 3 p.m. Feb. 10, sheriff's deputies and the Windsor Township Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 10000 block of East Vermontville ...

The "skeletal remains" of Lance Pollo ... sheriff's deputies and the Windsor Township Fire Department responded to a structure fire in the 10000 block of East Vermontville Highway in Windsor ...