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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"novel muscle"”.
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The Role of Toll Like Receptor-4 in Exercise-induced Myokine Response and Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Metabolic Adaptation
… cell surface of immune cells as well as skeletal muscle and other metabolic tissues. A compelling body of evidence shows that muscle TLR4 and the downstream cytokine signaling modulate skeletal muscle metabolism. Intriguingly, skeletal muscle has been demonstrated to gain favorable inflammatory …
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Discovery of New Regulatory Proteins and Mechanisms in Muscle Biology and Disease
In an effort to discover new regulators of muscle function, we identified a novel muscle-specific protein, Klhl40. Genetic deletion of Klhl40 in mice results in a nemaline myopathy-like phenotype with disruption of sarcomere function causing neonatal lethality. Nemaline myopathy (NM) typically …
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Design of a Wearable Two-Dimensional Joystick as a Muscle-Machine Interface Using Mechanomyographic Signals
… we present the proof-of-concept for designing a novel muscle-machine interface for interpreting human thumb motion as a 2-dimensional joystick employing mechanomyographic signals. Infrared camera based systems such as Microsoft Digits and ultrasound sensor based systems such as Chirp …
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RF SENSORS FOR MEDICAL AND CYBER-PHYSICAL INTELLIGENCE
… of physiological signals including respiration, muscle activities, heartbeat dynamics, and other biological signals. I seek to establish a touchless RF sensor that can be implemented as wearables on users, or integrated into the furniture to become invisible to the user. Such sensor can greatly …
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Understanding Potassium Homeostasis Using Human and Mouse Genetic Models
… physiological functions, such as excitability of muscles and neurons, rely on stable extracellular potassium concentration. To maintain potassium homeostasis, endogenous factors including hormones and peptides regulate the activity of potassium transporters in many organs, especially skeletal …
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Comparative anatomy and evolution of the gastrotrich muscular system
… of Gastrotricha to characterize the musculature. Muscle patterns were mapped, their functions inferred, and the direction of evolution hypothesized for several families. The musculature of all gastrotrichs is arranged as a series of circular, helicoidal, and longitudinal bands around the digestive …
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Adaptive radiation and speciation in African weakly-electric fish
The rise of evolutionary novelties is one of the major drivers of evolutionary diversification. African weakly-electric fishes (Teleostei, Mormyridae) have undergone an outstanding adaptive radiation, putatively owing to their ability to communicate through species-specific Electric Organ …