Neuromuscular Junction

"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.

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The synapse between a neuron and a muscle.

Descriptor ID	D009469
MeSH Number(s)	A08.800.550.550.550 A08.850.550.550 A11.284.149.165.420.780.550.550
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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Anatomy [A]
Nervous System [A08]
Peripheral Nervous System [A08.800]
Nerve Endings [A08.800.550]
Neuroeffector Junction [A08.800.550.550]
Neuromuscular Junction [A08.800.550.550.550]
Synapses [A08.850]
Neuroeffector Junction [A08.850.550]
Neuromuscular Junction [A08.850.550.550]
Cells [A11]
Cellular Structures [A11.284]
Cell Membrane [A11.284.149]
Cell Membrane Structures [A11.284.149.165]
Intercellular Junctions [A11.284.149.165.420]
Synapses [A11.284.149.165.420.780]
Neuroeffector Junction [A11.284.149.165.420.780.550]
Neuromuscular Junction [A11.284.149.165.420.780.550.550]

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Neuromuscular Junction
Motor Endplate

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Bar chart showing 65 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2006

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1995	1	0	1
1999	0	1	1
2001	0	1	1
2002	1	2	3
2003	1	2	3
2004	1	0	1
2005	3	0	3
2006	5	3	8
2007	2	0	2
2008	2	2	4
2009	4	1	5
2010	4	1	5
2011	1	0	1
2012	5	1	6
2013	1	4	5
2014	2	0	2
2015	1	1	2
2016	1	2	3
2017	0	2	2
2018	2	3	5
2024	0	2	2

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Biswas DD, Shi Y, El Haddad L, Sethi R, Huston M, Kehoe S, Scarrow ER, Strickland LM, Pucci LA, Dhindsa JS, Hunanyan A, La Spada AR, ElMallah MK. Respiratory neuropathology in spinocerebellar ataxia type 7. JCI Insight. 2024 Jul 18; 9(18).

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Roger AL, Biswas DD, Huston ML, Le D, Bailey AM, Pucci LA, Shi Y, Robinson-Hamm J, Gersbach CA, ElMallah MK. Respiratory characterization of a humanized Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse model. Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2024 08; 326:104282.

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Syed A, Lukacsovich T, Pomeroy M, Bardwell AJ, Decker GT, Waymire KG, Purcell J, Huang W, Gui J, Padilla EM, Park C, Paul A, Pham TBT, Rodriguez Y, Wei S, Worthge S, Zebarjedi R, Zhang B, Bardwell L, Marsh JL, MacGregor GR. Miles to go (mtgo) encodes FNDC3 proteins that interact with the chaperonin subunit CCT3 and are required for NMJ branching and growth in Drosophila. Dev Biol. 2019 01 01; 445(1):37-53.

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Gonzalez D, Rebolledo DL, Correa LM, Court FA, Cerpa W, Lipson KE, van Zundert B, Brandan E. The inhibition of CTGF/CCN2 activity improves muscle and locomotor function in a murine ALS model. Hum Mol Genet. 2018 08 15; 27(16):2913-2926.

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Philbrook A, Ramachandran S, Lambert CM, Oliver D, Florman J, Alkema MJ, Lemons M, Francis MM. Neurexin directs partner-specific synaptic connectivity in C. elegans. Elife. 2018 07 24; 7.

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White MA, Kim E, Duffy A, Adalbert R, Phillips BU, Peters OM, Stephenson J, Yang S, Massenzio F, Lin Z, Andrews S, Segonds-Pichon A, Metterville J, Saksida LM, Mead R, Ribchester RR, Barhomi Y, Serre T, Coleman MP, Fallon JR, Bussey TJ, Brown RH, Sreedharan J. TDP-43 gains function due to perturbed autoregulation in a Tardbp knock-in mouse model of ALS-FTD. Nat Neurosci. 2018 04; 21(4):552-563.

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Ashley J, Cordy B, Lucia D, Fradkin LG, Budnik V, Thomson T. Retrovirus-like Gag Protein Arc1 Binds RNA and Traffics across Synaptic Boutons. Cell. 2018 01 11; 172(1-2):262-274.e11.

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Wu CH, Giampetruzzi A, Tran H, Fallini C, Gao FB, Landers JE. A Drosophila model of ALS reveals a partial loss of function of causative human PFN1 mutants. Hum Mol Genet. 2017 06 01; 26(11):2146-2155.

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Barbagallo B, Philbrook A, Touroutine D, Banerjee N, Oliver D, Lambert CM, Francis MM. Excitatory neurons sculpt GABAergic neuronal connectivity in the C. elegans motor circuit. Development. 2017 05 15; 144(10):1807-1819.

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Murray MJ, DeBlock H, Erstad B, Gray A, Jacobi J, Jordan C, McGee W, McManus C, Meade M, Nix S, Patterson A, Sands MK, Pino R, Tescher A, Arbour R, Rochwerg B, Murray CF, Mehta S. Clinical Practice Guidelines for Sustained Neuromuscular Blockade in the Adult Critically Ill Patient. Crit Care Med. 2016 Nov; 44(11):2079-2103.

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