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Neuromuscular junction transmission failure is a late phenotype in aging mice.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2020
Chugh Deepti, Iyer Chitra C, Wang Xueyong, Bobbili Prameela, Rich Mark M, Arnold W David
Abstract excerpt
Neurodegeneration has increasingly been considered an important factor in the pathogenesis of sarcopenia or age-related loss of muscle mass and strength. Experiments were designed to investigate the fidelity of neuromuscular junction (NMJ) transmission across the lifespan in hindlimb muscles of male and female C57BL/6J mice (at 12, 20, 24, 27, and 29 months of age). Single-fiber electromyography recordings...
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