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Modulation of vertebrate and invertebrate neuromuscular junctions
1Department of Neuroscience, Box 5148 MR4 Annex, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia 22908, USA. mkw3k@virginia.edu
Current Opinion in Neurobiology
|January 23, 1999
Abstract:
Advances in our understanding of how the neuromuscular junction is modulated include an expanded appreciation of the many different types of modulatory influences, from soluble factors to second-messenger systems, to specific proteins in nerve and muscle. Recent studies indicate that modulation of neuromuscular function is effected on both the presynaptic and postsynaptic sides of the neuromuscular junction.