MIT scientists have developed a microfluidic chip that mimics the neuromuscular connections that exist at the junction between neurons and the muscles. These junctions are often involved in various ...

After nerve injury, the protein complex mTORC1 takes over an important function in skeletal muscle to maintain the neuromuscular junction, the synapse between the nerve and muscle fiber. Researchers ...

IF a foreign motor nerve is connected to a normally innervated muscle, the nerve fibres grow into it but do not establish intimate contact with muscle fibres, and are unable to transmit impulses to ...

James F. Howard Jr, MD, professor of neurology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, explains how nerve and muscle signaling in the neuromuscular junction go awry in myasthenia gravis.

A SINGLE muscle fibre with its nerve supply (Fig. 1) has been dissected from the M. adductor longus of the frog (Hyla aurea). This preparation survives for as long as twenty–four hours at a ...

When nerve cells excite muscle fibers to flex, getting synaptic proteins and components into the right place can mean the difference between feats of strength or lapses of drowsy lethargy. Several ...

The neuromuscular junction - where nerves and muscle fibers meet - is an essential synapse for muscle contraction and movement. Improper function of these junctions can lead to the development of ...

Sir Bernard Katz, 92, a physician and physiologist who was a co-winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology for his research in explaining the transmission of nerve impulses from the ...

What are the symptoms of the disease? It usually presents as fatiguing weakness of "proximal" muscles such as shoulders, thighs, hips. There are also cases of double vision, droopy eyelids and even ...

Senior man and senior woman in sports wear doing workout at home. This article is part of a broad series on recent advances in the science and medicine of longevity and aging. The series covers a ...

Scientists have established a link between gut microbes and muscle growth and function -- a finding that could open new doors to interventions for age-related skeletal muscle loss. The microorganisms ...

After nerve injury, the protein complex mTORC1 takes over an important function in skeletal muscle to maintain the neuromuscular junction, the synapse between the nerve and muscle fiber. Researchers ...