from Hacker News

How water controls the speed of muscle contraction

by galeaspablo on 7/11/24, 5:36 PM with 8 comments

  • by bobs_salsa on 7/11/24, 8:13 PM

    It’s not clear from the article. Would something like creatine, considering it’s ability to increase water retention, positively or negatively impact the muscles speed?
  • by bionhoward on 7/11/24, 7:47 PM

    Lot of paywalls lately, here is a preprint for this one

    https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.02.20.481216v3

  • by wdh505 on 7/11/24, 7:10 PM

    Tldr; other papers simplify muscles to the molecular level. This one explores how it acts as an engine in various contexts: human neuron contraction, insect hydraulic contraction, and shape of the whole fiber throughout the process.

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    Interesting stuff