Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

If we can fully map the structure of our brains, will we be able to understand how they work? That is the goal of researchers attempting to build a wiring diagram, or connectome, of our neural ...

Your brain ventricles are four fluid-filled chambers that produce cerebrospinal fluid. This fluid helps nourish your brain and protect it from injury. It would be easy to argue that your brain is the ...

A blink of an eye seems natural and instantaneous, but is it? Without a functioning eyelid, the eye can become dry, irritated and eventually lose the ability to see clearly. Now, a team of UCLA ...

Muscle function and composition are important indicators of age-related health. However, current assessment methods are often complex and expensive, making the early detection of related problems ...

A new study led by the Badalona Neuromuscular Research Group (GRENBA) at the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) has identified the HDAC11 protein, an enzyme involved in cellular ...

Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, A.V. Zhirmunsky National Scientific Center of Marine Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia The Review covers the current state of functions, ...

A muscle patch crafted from stem cells has improved cardiac function in monkeys with heart disease. It is now being tested in a small number of people, with early results from the first recipient ...

If you're one of the 13% of American adults who has taken a GLP-1 drug for weight loss, you may know that while fat seemingly melts away, so too does muscle. And if you're not one for weights, or have ...

An increased muscle-to-fat (MF) ratio is associated with improved lung function in men and nonsmoking women of middle age. Increases in the MF ratio are linked to a reduced decline in lung function ...