In vertebrates, this signaling happens at the neuromus-cular junction (NMJ), a synaptic connection between motor neurons and muscle fibers. Once stimulated, a neuron will release the neurotransmitter ...

It is important to understand the principles of normal neuromuscular transmission when using neuromuscular blocking agents. The neuromuscular junction consists of the motor-nerve terminus, the ...

At the neuromuscular junction, genetic alterations in synaptic transmission lead to compensatory changes. For example, a decrease in the number of synapses leads to a compensatory increase in ...

Upon approaching the neuromuscular junction its constituent 24 active zones become visible. Each active zone contains two rows of 13 synaptic vesicles (gold) that are docked at the pre-synaptic ...

The repertoire of the diminutive microRNA (miRNA) is growing by leaps and bounds. In the May 30 Cell, researchers led by Joshua Kaplan and John Kim at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, report ...

Synaptic transmission is the biological process by which neurotransmitters are released by a neuron and activate the receptors of another neuron. Image Credit: Nobeastsofierce / Shutterstock ...

The neuromuscular junction is a specialized synapse connecting motor neurons and skeletal muscle fibers, facilitating the transmission of action potentials and subsequent muscle contraction.

Synthetic peptide Acetyl Hexapeptide-3 (Argireline) is studied in the lab. N-acetyl-L-alpha-glutamyl-L-alpha-glutamyl-L-methionyl-L-glutaminyl-L-arginyl-L-arginine amide is a chain of six amino acids ...

Topics in neurophysiology include: conduction and transmission of the nerve impulse, neuromuscular synaptic transmission and skeletal muscle contraction, muscle tone and spinal reflexes, the ...

Several proteins that have been shown to be major players in synaptic transmission have now been studied using a flash-freeze physical-fixation technique that reveals new details of their location ...