Process Behind Heart Muscle Contraction Uncovered Date: April 12, 2008 Source: University of Pittsburgh Summary: Researchers were able to control heart muscle function in a new way after ...

Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Chicago were able to control heart muscle function in a new way after discovering the previously unknown role of two enzymes in ...

Pitt and University of Chicago researchers uncover process behind heart muscle contraction Previously unknown role of 2 enzymes provides new understanding of how heart muscle functions, holds ...

A team of researchers have discovered that a mutation in a ribosomal protein found specifically in heart and skeletal muscle leads to impaired cardiac contractility in mice.

Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified a previously unrecognized small protein in cells of the human heart that plays a key role in heart muscle contraction. The protein is ...

The heart contains "sweet taste" receptors, TAS1R2 and TAS1R3, which, when stimulated by sweet substances like aspartame, enhance heart muscle contraction and calcium handling.

Researchers from the Heart Center of the University Medical Center Göttingen (UMG) led by Priv.-Doz. Dr. Sören Brandenburg have identified a protein that plays a central role in the heart's ...

For heart and smooth muscles, however, in which the development of this structure has been found to be rather poor, there is still uncertainty as to whether the calcium comes from outside the muscle.