muscles or neuromuscular junctions. Symptoms can include muscle pain, weakness or atrophy, fasciculations or spasms, hypertonia and hypotonia. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is characterised by ...

Nerves communicate with muscles through the release of neurotransmitters at the neuromuscular junction, the space between a nerve cell and muscle fiber. Neuromuscular disorders can damage the nerve ...

Fetal akinesias may be caused by defects at any point along the motor system pathway including the central and peripheral nervous system, the neuromuscular junction and the muscle, as well as by ...

“We see very early in the (disease) process that the junction between the nerve and the muscle is very diseased,” said Dr. Blanchard. “And not only is the neuromuscular junction not good, but there is ...

Sarcopenia is the gradual loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength, and functioning. It typically begins at some point in our 30s. People who are physically ina ...

UCB, a global biopharmaceutical company, today announced the CHMP (Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use) has issued a positive opinion for the self-administration of RYSTIGGO® ...

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OBJECTIVES To evaluate neuromuscular signs and symptoms in patients with newly diagnosed hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. METHODS A prospective cohort study was performed in adult patients with ...

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Myasthenia gravis is the prototypical autoimmune disease affecting the postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction. In about 10% of cases there is an underlying thymoma and ...