Smooth muscle contraction is a vital physiological process ... Recent research has expanded our understanding of these mechanisms, revealing the involvement of various kinases and phosphatases ...

Ultimately, this research can help us better understand and treat neuromuscular systems and better understand the diversity of this mechanism in our natural world. Muscle contraction provides ...

The discovery overturns previous assumptions that muscle contraction and movement is ... While more research is needed to confirm that the same mechanism applies for human muscles, the researchers ...

Sarcomeric myosin heavy chain proteins are the molecular motors responsible for muscle contraction. Mutations in these proteins ... Research in the Leinwand lab focuses on unraveling mechanisms of ...

More information: Keyue Xu et al, Inhibitory mechanisms of docosahexaenoic acid on carbachol-, angiotensin II-, and bradykinin-induced contractions in guinea pig gastric fundus smooth muscle ...