Contractile function
The effects of obesity on skeletal muscle contractile function
... as contractile characteristics of muscle (Zorzano et ...in contractile function may be associated with a reduction in myogenesis resulting from disruption of muscle satellite cell activation ...
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Increased acetyl group availability enhances contractile function of canine skeletal muscle during ischemia
... tractile function are the marked elevations in resting muscle PDCa and acetylcarnitine concentration leading to a reduction in the contribution made by PCr hydrolysis and lactate pro- duction to ATP regeneration, ...
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Reduced bile duct contractile function in rats with chronic hyperglycemia
... the contractile function of the ...digestive function is CCK [27,28]. Reduced gallbladder contraction function due to defect in CCK signaling has been shown to impair gallbladder empting and ...
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Impaired contractile function of the supraspinatus in the acute period following a rotator cuff tear
... biopsies in the human supraspinatus [20], which classified acetylcholine receptor (AChR) staining along a range of morphologies (singlet dot, a doublet, a cluster, or a line) and concluded “the trend in innervation ...
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Strong cardiovascular prognostic implication of quantitative left atrial contractile function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with chronic hypertension
... LA contractile function with the clinical outcomes, the current report does not have the study design or power to properly address whether myo- cardial ischemia could have been a confounding ...diastolic ...
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Cardiac contractile function and mitochondrial respiration in diabetes-related mouse models
... impaired contractile function along with mitochondria re- spiratory defects and ATP synthesis rate reduction that progress with age ...increase, contractile function was se- verely affected ...
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Cardiac hypertrophy with preserved contractile function after selective deletion of GLUT4 from the heart
... The phenotype of GLUT4-null mice, in which GLUT4 expression was ablated in all tissues in which it is nor- mally expressed (heart, skeletal muscle, and adipose tis- sue), provided additional evidence that changes in the ...
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Skeletal muscle contractile function predicts activity and behaviour in zebrafish
... Muscle contractile function is directly associated with ...muscle contractile properties, which caused proportional changes in critical sustained swimming performance and, in an open arena, voluntary ...
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Adventitial ablation technique that permits the assessment of adventitial-dependent contribution to microvascular contractile function
... dependent function and the interplay between both layers in the regulation of vascular tone in health and disease ...muscle contractile function ...artery function in health and disease and ...
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The involvement of prostaglandins in the contractile function of the aorta by aldosterone
... We sought to examine the impact of aldosterone on vascular remodeling and function by assessing changes in aortic contractility. The underlying molecular mechanisms of aldosterone on prostaglandins were also ...
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A relationship between ultrasonic integrated backscatter and myocardial contractile function
... myocardial contractile function reflects cyclic alterations in myofibrillar elastic parameters, with the juxtaposition of intracellular and extracellular elastic elements that have different intrinsic ...
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The thermal dependence of locomotor performance and muscle contractile function in the salamander Ambystoma tigrinum nebulosum
... Thermal dependence of muscle contractile rates was higher than that of locomotor performance: rates of force development for both isometric twitch and tetanus and maximal shortening velo[r] ...
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Myocardial contractile function in survived neonatal piglets after cardiopulmonary bypass
... the contractile element power, the elasticity constant, and the ventricular dimensions [10]. Inotropic interven- tions (positive and negative) at constant end-diastolic volumes reflect changes in maximal ...
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Identification of a contractile function for renal medullary interstitial cells
... caused a slowly developing and dose-dependent reduction in RMIC surface area. ET-1 markedly increased the number and intensity of F-actin microfilament staining. ET-1- induced RMIC contraction was not altered by ...
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The effect of taurine on dystrophic muscle tissue function
... of contractile function, reperfusion itself if not restored within a critical period of time can cause a wide variety of harmful effects such as arrhythmias, contractile dysfunction and ...
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Exacerbation of ischemic dysfunction by angiotensin II in red cell perfused rabbit hearts Effects on coronary flow, contractility, and high energy phosphate metabolism
... To test the hypotheses that angiotensin II directly impairs the preservation of contractile function during low-flow ischemia and exacerbates myocardial stunning during reperfusion, we c[r] ...
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Cine and tagged cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in normal rat at 1 5 T: a rest and stress study
... cardiac function by comparison to a haemody- namic ...global function evaluation at high dob- utamine dose whereas the increase was 33% for the tag- ging method in regional contractile ...
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Cardiac adenoviral S100A1 gene delivery rescues failing myocardium
... diastolic function, was also significantly improved in response to S100A1 gene deliv- ery (Figure ...cardiac function was preserved after β-adrenergic ...systolic contractile function in ...
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EVALUATION OF THE EFFECT OF A STANDARDIZED AQUEOUS EXTRACT OF THE FRUITS OF EMBLICA OFFICINALIS ON MENTAL STRESS INDUCED CARDIOVASCULAR CHANGES IN HEALTHY HUMAN SUBJECTS
... activity. This ability of Emblica officinalis to act as an antioxidant may affect hemodynamic parameters and left ventricular contractile function and explain its potential as a cardio protective agent. 37, ...
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Acute urinary retention in a 23 year old woman with mild encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion: a case report
... impaired contractile function; DOC, disturbance of consciousness; MERS, mild encephalitis/ encephalopathy with a reversible splenial lesion; MRS, meningitis-retention syndrome; SCC, splenium of the corpus ...
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