Sarcopenia is a loss of muscle mass and function in the elderly that reduces mobility,
diminishes quality of life, and can lead to fall-related injuries, which require costly …

The neuromuscular junction is one of the most accessible mammalian synapses which
offers a useful model to study long-term synaptic modifications occurring throughout life. It is …

Blockade of acetylcholine release by botulinum neurotoxin type A at the neuromuscular
junction induces the formation of an extensive network of nerve-terminal sprouts. By …

Although small molecules such as ATP diffuse freely in the cytosol, many types of cells
nonetheless position their mitochondria in regions of intense ATP consumption. We …

A large body of evidence indicates that microtubules (MTs) conduct organelle transport in
axons, but recent studies on extruded squid axoplasm have suggested that actin …

The innervation of ventral longitudinal abdominal muscles (muscles 6, 7, 12, and 13) of third‐
instar Drosophila larvae was investigated with Nomarski, confocal, and electron microscopy …

The major goal of developmental neurobiology is to understand how the nervous system is
put together. A central theme that has emerged from research in this field over the last …

We describe a technique for rapid labeling of a large number of cells in the nervous system
with many different colors. By delivering lipophilic dye-coated particles to neuronal …

Partial denervation or paralysis with botulinum toxin, manipulations that induce sprouting of
nerve terminals in muscle, also induced terminal Schwann cells to extend processes. These …

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 …