In humans, involuntary detrusor contractions during bladder filling; in experimental animals, non-voiding detrusor contractions. Myofibroblast A cell that has some characteristics of a fibroblast and some characteristics of a smooth-muscle cell; also known as an interstitial cell. ...
the societal burden of age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia) is increasing. mTORC1 promotes skeletal muscle hypertrophy, but also drives organismal aging. Here, we address the question of whether mTORC1 activation or suppression is beneficial for skeletal muscle aging. We demonstrate that chronic mTOR...
These were activated by electrical field stimulation in the anal compartment and the resulting contraction of the intestinal circular muscle in the oral compartment was recorded isotonically. Pirenzepine (10-300?nM), a muscarinic M1 cholinoceptor antagonist, reduced the ascending neural contractions in...
feeding related motor patterns (Schoofs et al., 2014a), we found that activation of the central serotonergic system globally increases the cycle frequency of motor patterns underlying various behaviors, including pharyngeal pumping, mouth hook movements, head tilting and body muscle contractions. In...
Some studies demonstrate an increase in skeletal muscle Akt phosphorylation on its two phosphorylated residues during acute exercise/contractions [99,102,103], while others show no change [97,98,100]. There is no change in Akt Ser473 phosphorylation or Akt activity in response to acute exercise ...
This article explores the hypothesis that Reissner’s fiber, an enigmatic, anomalous, thread-like structure that runs from the center of the brain to the end of the spinal cord, is the neural substrate of suprasensory perceptions of the divine. Justification for this hypothesis derives from a ...
Activated by a noxious stimulus (1), a peripheral sensory neuron (2) synapses on a dorsal horn interneuron (3) that in turn synapses on a ventral horn motor neuron (4), leading to reflex muscle contraction and limb withdrawal (5). B, Later in development, noxious stimuli (1) activate ...
[180]. In addition to head movement, motion outside the field of view caused by respiration, swallowing and muscle contractions in the face and neck are other major sources of motion artifact [181,182]. To minimize motion artifacts, studies were performed with a multi-concentric dual-coil, ...
And within the context of a (NA-CBT) therapy session at least, the advice must include not only muscle strengthening or ‘tensing’ exercises but also ‘muscle relaxation’ exercises. Because what tenses up has to also come down, in order to recover and, start again! This is usually ...
[228]. TMS motor maps, however, are consistently rearranged. Previous studies have demonstrated changes in the primary motor muscle representation in different conditions. Low back pain, for example, is related to a decrease in the multifidus cortical map size which also has its center of ...