Sentences with phrase «contractile units»

Although both groups gained muscle size, the antioxidant group had developed muscle tissue of poorer quality with fewer contractile units.

Abstract Costameres represent specialized focal adhesion sites of muscle fibres, located between the plasma membrane and sarcomeres, the contractile units of muscle.

These tests indicate that myomerger - deficient muscle cells called myocytes differentiate and form the contractile unit of muscle (sarcomeres), but they do not join together to form fully functioning muscle tissue.

The understanding of this group of disorders has advanced in recent years through the identification of the causative mutations in the gene encoding one of the major proteins of the basic contractile unit of skeletal muscle, i.e., actin.

This is known as myofibrillar hypertrophy, in which the contractile unit of the muscle gets stronger and larger, ultimately leading to greater force production.

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From a neuromuscular standpoint, functional programs increase the neural drive to the muscles, improve the synchronization of motor units, increase the activation of contractile apparatus, and decrease inhibition of protective mechanisms of muscle.