In a heartbeat: new model shows that filaments in heart muscle cells don't automatically keep the beat

Tuesday, March 3, 2015 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Each heart muscle cell consists of numerous parallel filaments comprising repeated subunits. When the heart beats, each individual filament contracts to produce muscle cell contractions. However, new research shows that the filaments in heart muscle cells don't automatically keep the beat.

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