Find out what you need to know about skeletal muscle and discover its purpose and some types of muscle problems.

Scientists have detailed how a combination of grafted replacement motor neurons and optical nerve stimulation—using light to activate neurons—can improve muscle function in a highly aggressive ...

Researchers at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) have now discovered evidence in mice that skeletal muscles help to keep the immune system functional in chronic diseases.

Accomplishing perhaps a world first, researchers at Columbia University and the UChicago-affiliated Marine Biological Laboratory have mapped the full-body muscular activity of an animal while it was ...

You may wonder how many muscles you actually have in your body, but you might not know that there are three different types of muscle.

Cocoa may enhance skeletal muscle function Date: March 2, 2012 Source: University of California, San Diego Health Sciences Summary: A small clinical trial found that patients with advanced heart ...