"Neuromuscular Junction" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The synapse between a neuron and a muscle.
| Descriptor ID |
D009469
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.800.550.550.550 A08.850.550.550 A11.284.149.165.420.780.550.550
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| Concept/Terms |
Neuromuscular Junction- Neuromuscular Junction
- Junction, Neuromuscular
- Junctions, Neuromuscular
- Neuromuscular Junctions
- Myoneural Junction
- Junction, Myoneural
- Junctions, Myoneural
- Myoneural Junctions
Nerve-Muscle Preparation- Nerve-Muscle Preparation
- Nerve Muscle Preparation
- Nerve-Muscle Preparations
- Preparation, Nerve-Muscle
- Preparations, Nerve-Muscle
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2002 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Neuromuscular Junction" by people in Profiles.
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DePew AT, Bruckner JJ, O'Connor-Giles KM, Mosca TJ. Neuronal LRP4 directs the development, maturation and cytoskeletal organization of Drosophila peripheral synapses. Development. 2024 Jun 01; 151(11).
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Molotsky E, Liu Y, Lieberman AP, Merry DE. Neuromuscular junction pathology is correlated with differential motor unit vulnerability in spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2022 Jul 05; 10(1):97.
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Ohkawara B, Kobayakawa A, Kanbara S, Hattori T, Kubota S, Ito M, Masuda A, Takigawa M, Lyons KM, Ishiguro N, Ohno K. CTGF/CCN2 facilitates LRP4-mediated formation of the embryonic neuromuscular junction. EMBO Rep. 2020 08 05; 21(8):e48462.
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Bellmann J, Goswami RY, Girardo S, Rein N, Hosseinzadeh Z, Hicks MR, Busskamp V, Pyle AD, Werner C, Sterneckert J. A customizable microfluidic platform for medium-throughput modeling of neuromuscular circuits. Biomaterials. 2019 12; 225:119537.
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Jepson J, Sheldon A, Shahidullah M, Fei H, Koh K, Levitan IB. Cell-specific fine-tuning of neuronal excitability by differential expression of modulator protein isoforms. J Neurosci. 2013 Oct 16; 33(42):16767-77.
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Robinson KG, Mendonca JL, Militar JL, Theroux MC, Dabney KW, Shah SA, Miller F, Akins RE. Disruption of basal lamina components in neuromotor synapses of children with spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy. PLoS One. 2013; 8(8):e70288.
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Yu XM, Gutman I, Mosca TJ, Iram T, Ozkan E, Garcia KC, Luo L, Schuldiner O. Plum, an immunoglobulin superfamily protein, regulates axon pruning by facilitating TGF-ß signaling. Neuron. 2013 May 08; 78(3):456-68.
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Esquenazi A, Albanese A, Chancellor MB, Elovic E, Segal KR, Simpson DM, Smith CP, Ward AB. Evidence-based review and assessment of botulinum neurotoxin for the treatment of adult spasticity in the upper motor neuron syndrome. Toxicon. 2013 Jun 01; 67:115-28.
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Mosca TJ, Hong W, Dani VS, Favaloro V, Luo L. Trans-synaptic Teneurin signalling in neuromuscular synapse organization and target choice. Nature. 2012 Mar 18; 484(7393):237-41.
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Higginson JS, Ramsay JW, Buchanan TS. Hybrid models of the neuromusculoskeletal system improve subject-specificity. Proc Inst Mech Eng H. 2012 Feb; 226(2):113-9.