Sentence examples for muscles by causing from inspiring English sources

In addition to burning a few calories, laughing also works your stomach muscles by causing them to expand and contract.

The drug, known as Firdapse, treats a rare autoimmune disease called Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, which fatigues and weakens muscles by causing the body to attack its own tissues.

The authors suggested that mild oxidative stress increases protein degradation in skeletal muscles by causing upregulation of the ubiquitin-proteasome proteolytic pathway in this in vitro model.

Hyperventilation-induced decreases in plasma concentrations of CO2, [H+] and available calcium, acting as potent vasodilators during exercise, may limit O2 delivery to locomotor skeletal muscle by causing vascular constriction and reducing blood flow (Chin et al. 2007).

This triggers the stretch reflex (also called the myotatic reflex) which attempts to resist the change in muscle length by causing the stretched muscle to contract.

Thus, inactivation of Hippo signalling (hyperactivation of YAP) seems to have detrimental effects on skeletal muscle homeostasis by causing atrophy and muscle deterioration (Tables 1 and2).

5 Moreover, esophageal cancer can further deteriorate skeletal muscle mass by causing cachexia.

The pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFα has been reported to be involved in the process of muscle wasting by causing myofibrillar protein degradation via the ubiquitin proteasome pathway [ 5].

In tiny amounts injected into muscle, it can relieve spasms by causing muscles to relax.

It appears, he added, that angiotensin somehow reduces muscle efficiency, perhaps by causing inflammation.

We build our muscles by literally causing micro-tears in the fibers as we workout, which then heal stronger.