Muscle contractions during your menstrual cycle and pregnancy serve distinct purposes. Period cramps take place as the uterus ...

Allison Herries, RDN, is a registered dietitian focused on preventing and managing chronic diseases through healthy lifestyle changes. Potassium supports nerve function and helps muscles contract, ...

Abstract: Smooth muscle is found extensively in the human body, including in blood vessels, airways, the gastrointestinal tract, and the urinary bladder. Although the contractile proteins of smooth ...

Not revised: This Reviewed Preprint includes the authors’ original preprint (without revision), an eLife assessment, public reviews, and a provisional response from the authors. Kawamura et al.

Lymphatic muscle cells (LMCs) are indispensable for lymphatic vessel contraction, and their aberrant recruitment or absence is associated with both primary and secondary lymphedema. Despite their ...

Atherosclerosis underlies most heart attacks and strokes and is now recognized as a chronic inflammatory disease rather than a simple disorder of cholesterol deposition. While immune cells such as ...

Adam Aaronson’s tough themeless puzzle will get your head spinning. By Caitlin Lovinger SATURDAY PUZZLE — Adam Aaronson is a steady contributor to The New York Times’s daily crosswords and has ...

Gastrointestinal (GI) motility depends on smooth muscle contractions to propel contents through the digestive tract. GI muscle is organized into two perpendicular layers: the inner circular smooth ...

When you’re trying to build muscle, you need to fuel your body with the right nutrients. Eating plenty of protein will give you the energy and strength to power through your weight-training sessions. ...

This paper explores the role of extracellular vesicles in providing extracellular matrix signals for migration of vascular smooth muscle cells. The evidence, based on cell culture experiments and ...

Running is the bearer of many brilliant things – and greater strength and enhanced endurance are among the numerous benefits that it offers over time. While running one mile might feel difficult when ...

For athletes across all sports, few experiences are as agonizing as being forced to leave competition with a sudden muscle cramp. These painful, uncontrolled spasms – formally known as ...