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Measuring Neuromuscular Junction Functionality [PDF]

Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2017
Neuromuscular junction (NMJ) functionality plays a pivotal role when studying diseases in which the communication between motor neuron and muscle is impaired, such as aging and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Here we describe an experimental protocol that can be used to measure NMJ functionality by combining two types of electrical stimulation ...
Rizzuto, Emanuele, Pisu, Simona, Nicoletti, Carmine, Del Prete, Zaccaria, Musaro, Antonio   +4 more
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A synaptic nidogen: Developmental regulation and role of nidogen-2 at the neuromuscular junction [PDF]

Neural Development, 2008
Background The skeletal neuromuscular junction is a useful model for elucidating mechanisms that regulate synaptogenesis. Developmentally important intercellular interactions at the neuromuscular junction are mediated by the synaptic portion of a basal ...
Smyth Neil, Ho Matthew SP, Fox Michael A, Sanes Joshua R   +3 more
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Plum modulates Myoglianin and regulates synaptic function in D. melanogaster

Open Biology, 2023
Alterations in the neuromuscular system underlie several neuromuscular diseases and play critical roles in the development of sarcopenia, the age-related loss of muscle mass and function.
Virender K. Sahota, Aelfwin Stone, Nathaniel S. Woodling, Jereme G. Spiers, Joern R. Steinert, Linda Partridge, Hrvoje Augustin   +6 more
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Loss of adult skeletal muscle stem cells drives age-related neuromuscular junction degeneration

eLife, 2017
Neuromuscular junction degeneration is a prominent aspect of sarcopenia, the age-associated loss of skeletal muscle integrity. Previously, we showed that muscle stem cells activate and contribute to mouse neuromuscular junction regeneration in response ...
Wenxuan Liu, Alanna Klose, Sophie Forman, Nicole D Paris, Lan Wei-LaPierre, Mariela Cortés-Lopéz, Aidi Tan, Morgan Flaherty, Pedro Miura, Robert T Dirksen, Joe V Chakkalakal   +10 more
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Neuromuscular junction dysfunction in Lafora disease

Disease Models & Mechanisms
Monica Shukla, Deepti Chugh, Subramaniam Ganesh   +2 more
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Chronic aryl hydrocarbon receptor activity phenocopies smoking‐induced skeletal muscle impairment

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients exhibit skeletal muscle atrophy, denervation, and reduced mitochondrial oxidative capacity.
Trace Thome, Kayla Miguez, Alexander J. Willms, Sarah K. Burke, Vijayendran Chandran, Angela R. deSouza, Liam F. Fitzgerald, Carolyn Baglole, Maria‐Eleni Anagnostou, Jean Bourbeau, R. Thomas Jagoe, Jose A. Morais, Yana Goddard, Tanja Taivassalo, Terence E. Ryan, Russell T. Hepple   +15 more
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Possible implications of dysregulated nicotinic acetylcholine receptor diffusion and nanocluster formation in myasthenia gravis

Neural Regeneration Research, 2021
Myasthenia gravis is a rare and invalidating disease affecting the neuromuscular junction of voluntary muscles. The classical form of this autoimmune disease is characterized by the presence of antibodies against the most abundant protein in the ...
Francisco J Barrantes
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Denervation-Related Neuromuscular Junction Changes: From Degeneration to Regeneration

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) are the key interface between terminal nerves and targeted muscle, which undergo degeneration during denervation periods. Denervation-related NMJs changes limits the recovery level of nerve repair strategies.
Xinying Huang, Xinying Huang, Xinying Huang, Xinying Huang, Junjian Jiang, Junjian Jiang, Junjian Jiang, Jianguang Xu, Jianguang Xu, Jianguang Xu   +9 more
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Snake and spider toxins induce a rapid recovery of function of botulinum neurotoxin paralysed neuromuscular junction [PDF]

, 2015
Botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs) and some animal neurotoxins (-Bungarotoxin, -Btx, from elapid snakes and -Latrotoxin, -Ltx, from black widow spiders) are pre-synaptic neurotoxins that paralyse motor axon terminals with similar clinical outcomes in patients.
Duregotti, Elisa, Megighian, Aram, Montecucco, Cesare, Pirazzini, Marco, Rigoni, Michela, Scorzeto, M., Zanetti, Giulia   +6 more
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Autoimmune Channelopathies at Neuromuscular Junction

Frontiers in Neurology, 2019
The neuromuscular junction, also called myoneural junction, is a site of chemical communication between a nerve fiber and a muscle cell. There are many types of channels at neuromuscular junction that play indispensable roles in neuromuscular signal ...
Kun Huang, Kun Huang, Yue-Bei Luo, Huan Yang   +3 more
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