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neuromuscular junction
(redirected from motor endplate)

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Noun1.neuromuscular junction - the junction between a nerve fiber and the muscle it supplies
synapse - the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"


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Also, the status of the motor endplate for EMG recording was evaluated by train-of-four stimulation of the left posterior tibial nerve, with recording from the left abductor hallucis muscle (figure, B).
Functional repair of motor endplates after botulinum neurotoxin type A poisoning: Biphasic switch of synaptic activity between nerve sprouts and their parent terminals.
Recovery of impulse transmission occurs gradually as new nerve terminals grow and contact is made with the post-synaptic motor endplate.
 
 
 
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