When muscle cells are viewed under the microscope, one can see that they contain a striped pattern (striations). This pattern is formed by a series of basic units called sarcomeres that are arranged ...

As the world gears up for this summer's Olympics, scientists are celebrating the work of a British woman whose research contributed to a better understanding of how muscles function. It is the 50th ...

The sliding filament theory of muscle contraction has long provided a framework for understanding muscle biology and disease. In 1954, two teams showed that during shortening of striated muscle the ...