Contact between a motor neuron and muscle cell is usually via a specialized synapse called a neuromuscular junction. Improved muscle function, strength and fatigue measures were observed after ...

Sarcopenia is the gradual loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and functioning. It typically begins at some point in our 30s. People who are physically ina ...

The neuromuscular junction contains three types of nicotinic receptors. Two are on the muscle surface (one is junctional and the other extrajunctional), and the third is on the parasympathetic ...

UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the CHMP (Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use) has issued a positive opinion for the self-administration of RYSTIGGO® ...

“We see very early in the (disease) process that the junction between the nerve and the muscle is very diseased,” said Dr. Blanchard. “And not only is the neuromuscular junction not good, but there is ...

Liver issues, including a buildup of fat in the liver, occur before the onset of neuromuscular disease, per a study in a mouse model of SMA.

Myasthenia gravis is the prototypical autoimmune disease affecting the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction. In about 10% of cases there is an underlying thymoma and ...

Fetal akinesias may be caused by defects at any point along the motor system pathway including the central and peripheral nervous system, the neuromuscular junction and the muscle, as well as by ...

Although ALS has historically been characterized as a motor neuron disease, there is evidence that motor neurons degenerate in a retrograde manner, beginning in the periphery at the neuromuscular ...

A male patient in early childhood was referred by a community paediatrician to the Neuromuscular and Neurometabolic Clinic ... decompression and fusion surgery of the craniocervical junction to ...

Preseason conditioning programmes can reduce injury rates in young athletes (B). Prepractice neuromuscular training can reduce lower extremity injuries (B). Given the altered biomechanics that may ...