A research group has uncovered important details about how platelet-activating factor (PAF)—a powerful molecule involved in inflammation and allergic reactions—triggers contractions in the ...

In their study, the researchers investigated how PAF causes contractions in the esophageal smooth muscle of rats—a process that contributes to symptoms like chest tightness and difficulty ...

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The effects of hyperosmotic solutions have been ascribed5 to “dissociation of electromechanical coupling”, but earlier work4,6 had shown that the processes of excitation–contraction coupling ...

However, the rarer and more serious exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis appears to have a different pathogenesis, with clinical signs including tissue inflammation and muscle cell death, as well as ...

Results For this study, 30 (n = 30 n = 3 0) subjects, 53% of the participants were males and 47% were females, they were selected to compare the effectiveness of isometric and isotonic exercises for ...