When you think about pregnancy, you likely picture tiny kicks and stretches. It is so easy to feel the movements but forget that the cord is working quietly behind the scenes. From delivering oxygen ...

During development, many crucial genes help organisms form properly. One of those genes is myogenic determination gene number 1 (MyoD), which can exert a powerful influence as a “genome organizer." It ...

Core muscles are important in all training forms, whether yoga or martial arts, cardio, or weightlifting. Fitness trainers constantly advise you to use your core muscles in your workout because you ...

The immature brain is vulnerable to unique forms of brain injury, including white-matter injury, germinal matrix–intraventricular hemorrhage, and cerebellar hemorrhage. New insights from advanced ...

This is a useful study that seeks to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying spinal motor circuit assembly. The authors demonstrate that loss of Onecut transcription factors in spinal motor ...