Although WNTs have been long thought of as regulators of cell fate, recent studies highlight their involvement in crucial aspects of synaptic development in the nervous system. Particularly compelling ...

The neuromuscular junction is the synapse or junction of the axon terminal of a neuron within a muscle fiber plasma membrane. Several diseases involve the neuromuscular junction as the primary site of ...

Frog neuromuscular junction fly-through. Shown in red is a large muscle fiber (diameter 50 micrometers) that is innervated by a myelinated axon colored in white. The interface between muscle and axon ...

IN the crayfish muscle stimulation of the inhibitory axon results in two inhibitory effects: (1) The conductance of the muscle membrane is increased by the released inhibitory transmitter 1; (2) The ...