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NMJ are..

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stable throughout life but are also dynamic. They can ressurrect themselves in response to injury

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By the end of the life cycle of NMJ it is found that mainly 1 neuron…

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can supply and bind to many effector muscles

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Sprouting is where

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One neuron binds and attaches to another muscle

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The neuron consists of….

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the soma, the axon and finally the synapse.

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Motor neuron disease is a process where

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synaptic connections degenerate. It hits the NMJ’s then goes to the motor neurons in the spinal cords to degrade

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the cytoplasmic volume of the axon and the synaptic terminals exceeds…

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the volume of the somato-dendritic compartment . by thousands of fold

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neuromuscular junctions trigger and sustain…

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muscle contractile force. A higher frequency will produce a tetanus unlike a 1Hz frequency

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axons break up across the neuron and those branches end up at…

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Neuromuscular Junctions

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Motor units are intermingled and vary in size

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by 5-10 fold

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The NMJ comprises of 4 cell types…

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  1. Kranocytes
  2. Axon
  3. Terminal Schwann cell
  4. Muscle fibre
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The motor nerve terminal contains

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Mitochondria and smooth synaptic vesicles

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Excitation contraction coupling occurs when

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acetylcholine binds to the receptors on the motor end plate. This causes …..

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Steps of Motor neuron formation are as follows

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(attach pic)

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Acetylcholine receptors cluster

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when a nerve terminal binds to a muscle and agrin influences the receptors to be positioned there

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Motor Neurone death is a normal part…

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of prenatal development

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Neonatal muscles are polyneuronally…

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innervated

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Synapse elimination involves

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progressive retraction and takeover of NMJ

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in rodents, polyinnervation is eliminated by…

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2-4 weeks

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Neurones retract some of their neurones while…

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stabilising others

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Motor unit sizes can be estimated from…

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isometric forces

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Motor units size decreases…

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postnatally

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Synapse elimination is part of…

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post natal development

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synaptic elimination is likely to be

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a competitive factor which causes it to happen

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Laser ablation of one input leads to…

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takeover by the other

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There is evidence which shows competition and programmed withdrawal in terms of
synaptic elimination
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Synapse elimination is influenced by
activity
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Activity dependent rewiring may depend on competition for
neurotrophic factors.
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Single action potential produces muscle
contraction
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Synaptic activity can be recorded with...
intracellular microelectrodes
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Action potentials are triggered when
end plate potentials cross the firing threshold
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NMJ's reliably trigger and sustain
muscle contractile force
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During depolarisation of nerve terminal, voltage gated sodium channel allow current to flow in which lead to activation of
voltage gated calcium channels
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When calcium enters the cell, it increases the chances
of synaptic vesicles releasing neurotransmitter
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The potassium channels which are later activated after depolarisation are designed to...
repolarise the membrane
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Acetylcholine receptors associate and aggregate with...
scaffold proteins
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Ach receptor are
ligand gated ion channels
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The more acetylcholine receptors are activated...
the higher the current (epc)
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Acetylcholinesterase is found at
the neuromuscular junction
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Acetylcholine is broken down to
choline and acetate. Choline is reabsorbed back.
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Acetylcholinesterases increases
The EPP amplitude
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hemicholinium inhibits...
the uptake of choline
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botulinium blocks the
exocytosis of acetylcholine
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Neuromuscular synaptic strength is determined by
number of vesicles contains neurotransmitter released from motor nerve terminals (quantal content) and the magnitude of each vesicles effect on motor end plates
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Quantal analysis equation is
m=n x p (m=quant. of transmitter released) (n=number of vesicles available) (p= probability of vesicle exocytosis)
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sprouting helps by
adding a neuronal junction to a damaged NMJ/neuron
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myasthenia refers to
muscle weakness
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Symptoms of myasthenia Gravis include...
double vision in all directions, see attach pic
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By using edrophonium on a person with myasthenia gravis....
symptoms dramatically improve
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Mysathenia Gravis and LEMS are
autoimmune diseases which cause the destruction of some acetylcholine channels or calcium channels
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A decrease in the sensitivity of the acetylcholine receptors result in
more acetylcholine being released
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detubucurarine is a
competitive inhibitor of acetylcholine
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to increase the likelihood of acetylcholine channels opening,
increase levels of anticholinesterase
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Anticholinesterases prolong
end plate potentials and end plate currents
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Omethoate induces µCTX-resistant hypercontractions localised to NMJs
This causes NMJ hypercontractions and are associated with muscle necrosis and synaptic degeneration
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Nerve damage triggers
wallerian degeneration
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Within 6-15 h of nerve damage.,..
synaptic vesicles are degraded
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Within 24 of nerve damage,,,
remnants of terminal has been engulfed by schwann cell
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Wallerian degeneration results from activation of | the SARM-1 gene by
a) toxic accumulation of a substrate for the NAD synthetic enzyme NMNAT; b) depletion of NAD
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The WldS gene mutation substitutes for loss of | NMNAT a8er denervation
preventing SARM1 activation
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Kranocytes first spread out from NMJs
making contact to axons which still supply NMJ's
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Schwann cells are able to...
form bridges between intact and denervated NMJ's
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Reinnervation is accompanied by
recovery of muscle force
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“ALS” comprises a spectrum of syndromes
attach slide pic
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90-95 % of ALS cases are
sporadic
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Challenges to ALS research includes
prevent motor neurones dying, promote compensation by surviving motor neurons, replace and regenerate lost motor neurones
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one potential treatment for ALS could be
Stem cells
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In a trial, a mice was rescued from MND,
via SARM 1 inactivation

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