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Abstract
Unusual ultrastructural changes of the nerve terminals have been found in an infant born with severe, fatal XLR form of centronuclear myopathy. Aberrant neuromuscular junctions in myotubes decorated by N-CAM were observed. The junction changes were manifested by simplification of postsynaptic membrane and paucity of secondary synaptic clefts. These resembles fetal neuromuscular junctions. The findings suggest that the expression of N-CAM by arrested myotubes may be promoted by abnormal nerve-muscle cell interactions, induced by motor endplate immaturity.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7931426 DOI: 10.1016/0022-510x(94)90015-9
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Neurol Sci ISSN: 0022-510X Impact factor: 3.181