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    A neuromuscular junction (or myoneural junction) is a chemical synapse between a motor neuron and a muscle fiber. It allows the motor neuron to transmit...
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  • Neuromuscular junction disease is a medical condition where the normal conduction through the neuromuscular junction fails to function correctly. In diseases...
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    A neuromuscular disease is any disease affecting the peripheral nervous system (PNS), the neuromuscular junctions, or skeletal muscles, all of which are...
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    by neurotransmitters binding to the postsynaptic membrane in the neuromuscular junction. They are called "end plates" because the postsynaptic terminals...
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    Neuromuscular-blocking drugs, or Neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), block transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing paralysis of the affected...
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    cholinergic. Acetylcholine is the neurotransmitter used at the neuromuscular junction—in other words, it is the chemical that motor neurons of the nervous...
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    Myasthenia gravis (category Myoneural junction and neuromuscular diseases)
    Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a long-term neuromuscular junction disease that leads to varying degrees of skeletal muscle weakness. The most commonly affected...
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    taken for a single muscle twitch. Innervation takes place at a neuromuscular junction and twitches can become superimposed as a result of summation or...
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  • Below is a partial list of neuromuscular disorders. Duchenne muscular dystrophy Becker muscular dystrophy DMD-associated dilated cardiomyopathy Limb girdle...
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    contractions can be initiated either consciously or unconsciously. A neuromuscular junction is a chemical synapse formed by the contact between a motor neuron...
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