Neuromuscular junction
Neuromuscular junction A neuromuscular junction is the junction of the axon terminal of a ...
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Neuromuscular junction (Psychology wiki)
Neuromuscular junction Home Support Help Site Support Orientation Background ... P.N.Immunology Physiological P. Psychopharmacology A neuromuscular junction is the junction of the axon terminal of a ...
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Junction to neuromuscular   (translated from Portuguese)
Junction to neuromuscular One junction to neuromuscular it is the junction enters the terminal part of one ...
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Neuromuscular-blocking drugs
Neuromuscular-blocking drugs It has been suggested that ... merged into this article or section. (Discuss) Neuromuscular-blocking drugs block neuromuscular transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing paralysis of the affected skeletal ...
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Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
... is a rare disorder of nerve-muscle (neuromuscular) junction. Both the etiology and the clinical findings ... are directed against the antigens of the neuromuscular junction. In 1989, the previously anticipated antibodies were ... against calcium channels, which are located in neuromuscular junction (see synapse) and are responsible ...
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Botulin toxin
... one of the fusion proteins at a neuromuscular junction, preventing vesicles from anchoring to the membrane ... s group discovered that botulinum toxin blocks neuromuscular transmission. Throughout the 1950s, the toxin was ... blocking the release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction, thereby rendering the muscle unable to ...
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Myasthenia gravis
... MG, Latin: "grave muscle weakness") is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating weakness and fatiguability ... the MuSK protein at the post-synaptic neuromuscular junction, inhibiting the stimulative effect of the neurotransmitter ... in myasthenia gravis, as well as other neuromuscular disorders, do not respond as well to ... increases the levels of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction. In people with myasthenia gravis ...
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Ocular myasthenia
... gravis (MG) is a disease of the neuromuscular junction resulting in hallmark variability in muscle weakness ... muscle fibers via nerve impulses. At the neuromuscular junction, this electrical message is converted into a ... necessitates avoidance of medications that can worsen neuromuscular transmission, such as aminoglycoside antibiotics, beta- ...
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Excitatory postsynaptic potential
... being called the excitatory neurotransmitter. In the neuromuscular junction, EPSPs (called end-plate potentials, EPP) are ... since Katz' studies were performed on the neuromuscular junction, the muscle fiber component of which is ... end-plate. External link Quantal transmission at neuromuscular synapses
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Motor neuron
... fiber is a specialized synapse called the neuromuscular junction. Upon adequate stimulation, the motoneuron releases a ... decreasing their electrophysiological activity) or on cholinergic neuromuscular junctions, rather than on the muscles themselves ... is called a motor unit. See also neuromuscular junction muscle spindle motor unit Motor neurone ...
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