Read more about Eaton-Lambert syndrome. Myasthenia gravis is a disorder in which normal communication between the nerve and muscle is interrupted at the neuromuscular junction. Normally when impulses ...

Congenital Myasthenic Syndromes (CMS) are a group of rare genetic disorders that affect the neuromuscular junction, leading to muscle weakness and fatigue. These syndromes are caused by mutations ...

Neuromuscular disorders (NMDs) are like random WiFi outages ... Repetitive stimulation: This checks for neuromuscular ...

The neuromuscular junction (NMJ, yellow) and myotendinous junctions (MTJ ... Individual muscles also have different susceptibilities to diseases like muscular dystrophy, muscle myopathies, and ...

motor neuron disease, neuromuscular junction transmission disorder, and myopathy, both in adults and children. Fellows will perform and interpret electrodiagnostic tests under faculty supervision.

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 ...

Moving forward, Dr. Schoppik's team will study their newly detailed circuit in the context of human disorders. Ongoing work explores how failures of motor neuron and neuromuscular junction ...