Although rachitic/osteomalacic myopathy caused by impaired vitamin D actions has long
been described, the molecular pathogenesis remains elusive. To determine physiological …

Muscle spindle density is extremely high in the deep muscles of the human neck. However,
there is a paucity of information regarding the morphology and immunoreactivity of these …

The muscle fibre composition of three human intrinsic tongue muscles, the longitudinalis,
verticalis and transversus, was investigated in four anterior to posterior regions of the tongue …

purpose. To investigate the myosin heavy chain (MyHC) composition of human extraocular
(EOM) and levator palpebrae (LP) muscle fibers. methods. Adult human EOMs and LP were …

While numerous reports indicate that adult bone marrow-derived cells can contribute to
nonhematopoietic tissues in vivo in adult mice, the generally low frequency of these events …

In the present work, we tested the hypothesis that target-derived insulin-like growth factor-1
(IGF-1) prevents alterations in neuromuscular innervation in aging mammals. To explore this …

During normal postnatal development, rat soleus (SOL) muscle fibers undergo a dramatic
fast-to-slow myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoform transformation. We exploited this …

purpose. To investigate the composition of the fibers in human extraocular muscles (EOMs)
with respect to the sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPases (SERCA)-1 and-2 and to …

The properties of myosin expressed in muscle are a major determinant of muscle
performance. In this study we used a novel approach to examine the functional impact of …

The present study addressed the question of whether the slow fibres of mammalian skeletal
muscle, containing the myosin heavy chain MHCI (type-I fibres), are a functionally …