A cross‐sectional study of ageing at the mouse neuromuscular junction and effects of an experimental therapeutic approach for dynapenia

Y Li, M Patel, J Baroudi, M Wu, S Gatti… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite prior efforts to understand and target dynapenia (age‐induced loss of muscle
strength), this condition remains a major challenge that reduces the quality of life in the aged …

[HTML][HTML] The effect of GV-58, a calcium channel modifier, on synaptic transmission at the larval Drosophila and crayfish neuromuscular junctions

J Schwamburger, K Brock… - microPublication Biology, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
GV-58 is known to increase the opening time of the mammalian P-type calcium channel in
presynaptic motor nerve terminals. GV-58 is suggested as a therapeutic agent for …

Nifedipine ameliorates cellular differentiation defects of Smn-deficient motor neurons and enhances neuromuscular transmission in SMA mice

R Tejero, M Alsakkal, L Hennlein… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
In spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), mutations in or loss of the Survival Motor Neuron 1
(SMN1) gene reduce full-length SMN protein levels, which leads to the degeneration of a …