Our sharpest image of how quanta are released and of how their release is modulated
comes from the neuromuscular junction (NMJ). Our object is to show this picture as we now …

Recently there have been exciting advances in understanding the mechanisms and
functional roles of a form of short-term synaptic enhancement (STE) that results from an …

Short-term depression is a widespread form of use-dependent plasticity found in the
peripheral and central nervous systems of invertebrates and vertebrates. The mechanism …

A new myasthenic syndrome is described in a patient whose symptoms began soon after
birth and included generalized weakness increased by exertion, easy fatigability …

1. A study has been made of the formation of synapses in developing striated muscles which
receive either a focal (the rat hemidiaphragm) or a distributed (the avian anterior latissimus …

Innervation and organization 2.1. Properties of axons 2.1. 1. Excitatory axons 2.1. 2.
Inhibitory axons 2.2. Muscle fibers 2.3. Features of organization 2.3. 1. Representative …

Transmission of electrical information between excitable cells occurs at synapses, which are
morphologically specialized regions of close approximation between the membranes of the …

The congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs) are recent additions to the repertoire of
inherited human genetic diseases. Frequency of CDGs is unknown since most cases are …

Transactive response DNA‐binding protein‐43 (TDP‐43) is involved in gene regulation via
the control of RNA transcription, splicing, and transport. TDP‐43 is a major protein …

Neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) have long been studied as particularly accessible
examples of chemical synapses. Nonetheless, some important features of neuromuscular …