This is a microscopic image of two nerve-muscle synapses in a mouse model of a human motor neuron disease (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS) in which nerve-muscle contacts break. Energy-producing ...

NMD Pharma A/S, a clinical-stage biotechnology company dedicated to developing novel therapies to restore skeletal muscle health, today announces that further safety and efficacy data from its Phase ...

A defect in the action of a newly discovered protein may play a central role in muscular dystrophy, a disease of progressive muscle degeneration with no known cure. Scientists at UCSF's Ernest Gallo ...

Whether in the brain or in the muscles, wherever there are nerve cells, there are synapses. These contact points between neurons form the basis for the transmission of excitation, the communication ...

Skeletal muscle cells (myofibres) are large and multinucleated, containing highly organized contractile proteins that interact with each other to generate force and allow movement of the body. Each ...