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Generation of Human Motor Units with Functional Neuromuscular Junctions in Microfluidic Devices
Published on: September 7, 2021
Cassandra L Happe1, Kevin P Tenerelli1, Anastasia K Gromova2
1Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093.
Mechanically patterned substrates improve neuromuscular junction (NMJ) models by guiding myoblast alignment and differentiation. This creates more functional NMJ-in-a-dish models for studying motor neuron diseases and drug discovery.
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