Only cardiac muscle tissue, comprising cells called myocytes, is present in the heart. In this article, we discuss the structure and function of cardiac muscle tissue. We also cover medical ...

Myocyte death and formation of new myocytes by the CSCs are the two processes that enable this organ to maintain a proper and uninterrupted cardiac output from birth to adulthood and into old age.

Adult rat cardiac myocyte: The protein alpha-actinin (red) reveals the periodic structure of the myofibril. Two nuclei are stained in blue. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...

Because skeletal muscle contains myoglobin ... proteins that are important in the contractile apparatus of the cardiac myocyte. The proteins are released into the circulation between 3 and ...

This orphan disease results in muscle degeneration and premature ... proliferation and regeneration of a genetically normal cardiac myocyte pool, thereby reducing the adverse pathophysiologic ...