BLACKSBURG, Va., June 2 -- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University issued the following news release:
When we exercise, our bodies respond by changing how molecules signal and how cells behave.
Inside skeletal and cardiac muscle, calcium ions move across membranes to trigger contraction. At the same time, those signals activate protein signaling networks that regulate gene expression and the structural properties of muscle tissue.
The effects don't stop there.
On Thursday, June 4, physician-scientist R. Sanders Williams will discuss how exercise triggers physiological responses across integrated systems within the body that enhance health when he visits the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC to deliver the final Mau...