Repeated exercise, or wasting, can change the way key genes work.

Spaceflight takes a physical toll on astronauts, causing muscles to atrophy, bones to thin and bodily fluids to shift.

What happens to the human brain when the force of gravity is removed from the equation? New research is beginning to reveal ...

For most of us, everyday life is characterized by a lack of movement. But those long hours sitting at a desk, commuting by ...

A separate study also in 2018, this time conducted on mice, found exercising the lower extremities to be critical to brain ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as long COVID, Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are ...

Infectious or chronic diseases such as COVID-19, Alzheimer’s disease, and traumatic brain injury can cause inflammation in the brain, or neuroinflammation, that weakens muscles. While scientists are ...