WHEN nerve impulses bring about the development of tension in a muscle, depolarization of the muscle fibre membranes can be observed. The question arises: Is this depolarization directly responsible ...

IT is generally believed that the process which initiates contraction in striated muscle is the depolarization of the excitable membrane of the muscle fibre, although the mechanism by which membrane ...

(Medical Xpress)—When something bad happens to otherwise healthy neurons it's easy to blame the usual suspects—the mitochondria. In some cases the nucleus might be the one at fault, as in a de novo ...