Articles related to "Neuromuscular Junction"

Botulinum toxin is a substance that causes a certain disease and also treats others.

Motor neurons in your spinal cord tell your muscles to contract by utilizing the function of a specialized communication structure, the neuromuscular junction (NMJ).

When skeletal (voluntary) muscles contract they can exert force because they act through the tendons which connect them to bone, most often across a joint.

Neurotransmitters are chemicals released by neurons for communication within the nervous system. Small molecules are one of the many that participate as signals.

Motor nerves release acetylcholine to make skeletal muscle contract. Activation of acetylcholine receptors in muscle causes ionic flux that ends with muscle contraction.

Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome is an autoimmune condition of muscle weakness often associated with malignancy.