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Neuromuscular Junctions Flashcards

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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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6
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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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9
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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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13
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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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15
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Motor Neurone death is a normal part…

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of prenatal development

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16
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Neonatal muscles are polyneuronally…

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innervated

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17
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Synapse elimination involves

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progressive retraction and takeover of NMJ

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18
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in rodents, polyinnervation is eliminated by…

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2-4 weeks

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19
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Neurones retract some of their neurones while…

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stabilising others

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20
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Motor unit sizes can be estimated from…

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isometric forces

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21
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Motor units size decreases…

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postnatally

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22
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Synapse elimination is part of…

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post natal development

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23
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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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24
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Laser ablation of one input leads to…

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takeover by the other

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25
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There is evidence which shows competition and programmed withdrawal in terms of

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synaptic elimination

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26
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Synapse elimination is influenced by

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activity

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Activity dependent rewiring may depend on competition for

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neurotrophic factors.

28
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Single action potential produces muscle

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contraction

29
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Synaptic activity can be recorded with…

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intracellular microelectrodes

30
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Action potentials are triggered when

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end plate potentials cross the firing threshold

31
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NMJ’s reliably trigger and sustain

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muscle contractile force

32
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During depolarisation of nerve terminal, voltage gated sodium channel allow current to flow in which lead to activation of

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voltage gated calcium channels

33
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When calcium enters the cell, it increases the chances

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of synaptic vesicles releasing neurotransmitter

34
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The potassium channels which are later activated after depolarisation are designed to…

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repolarise the membrane

35
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Acetylcholine receptors associate and aggregate with…

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scaffold proteins

36
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Ach receptor are

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ligand gated ion channels

37
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The more acetylcholine receptors are activated…

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the higher the current (epc)

38
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Acetylcholinesterase is found at

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the neuromuscular junction

39
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Acetylcholine is broken down to

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choline and acetate. Choline is reabsorbed back.

40
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Acetylcholinesterases increases

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The EPP amplitude

41
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hemicholinium inhibits…

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the uptake of choline

42
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botulinium blocks the

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exocytosis of acetylcholine

43
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Neuromuscular synaptic strength is determined by

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number of vesicles contains neurotransmitter released from motor nerve terminals (quantal content) and the magnitude of each vesicles effect on motor end plates

44
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Quantal analysis equation is

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m=n x p (m=quant. of transmitter released) (n=number of vesicles available) (p= probability of vesicle exocytosis)

45
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sprouting helps by

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adding a neuronal junction to a damaged NMJ/neuron

46
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myasthenia refers to

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muscle weakness

47
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Symptoms of myasthenia Gravis include…

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double vision in all directions, see attach pic

48
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By using edrophonium on a person with myasthenia gravis….

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symptoms dramatically improve

49
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Mysathenia Gravis and LEMS are

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autoimmune diseases which cause the destruction of some acetylcholine channels or calcium channels

50
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A decrease in the sensitivity of the acetylcholine receptors result in

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more acetylcholine being released

51
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detubucurarine is a

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competitive inhibitor of acetylcholine

52
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to increase the likelihood of acetylcholine channels opening,

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increase levels of anticholinesterase

53
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Anticholinesterases prolong

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end plate potentials and end plate currents

54
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Omethoate induces µCTX-resistant hypercontractions localised to NMJs

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This causes NMJ hypercontractions and are associated with muscle necrosis and synaptic degeneration

55
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Nerve damage triggers

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wallerian degeneration

56
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Within 6-15 h of nerve damage.,..

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synaptic vesicles are degraded

57
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Within 24 of nerve damage,,,

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remnants of terminal has been engulfed by schwann cell

58
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Wallerian degeneration results from activation of

the SARM-1 gene by

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a) toxic accumulation of a substrate for the NAD synthetic enzyme NMNAT;
b) depletion of NAD

59
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The WldS gene mutation substitutes for loss of

NMNAT a8er denervation

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preventing SARM1 activation

60
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Kranocytes first spread out from NMJs

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making contact to axons which still supply NMJ’s

61
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Schwann cells are able to…

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form bridges between intact and denervated NMJ’s

62
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Reinnervation is accompanied by

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recovery of muscle force

63
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“ALS” comprises a spectrum of syndromes

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attach slide pic

64
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90-95 % of ALS cases are

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sporadic

65
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Challenges to ALS research includes

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prevent motor neurones dying, promote compensation by surviving motor neurons, replace and regenerate lost motor neurones

66
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one potential treatment for ALS could be

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Stem cells

67
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In a trial, a mice was rescued from MND,

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via SARM 1 inactivation

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