Discovery Of Mediator In Communication Between Neurons And Muscle Cells (Medical News Today)

Published on: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:09:02 GMT

A missing piece of the puzzle of how neurons and muscle cells establish lifelong communication has been found by researchers who suspect this piece may be mutated and/or attacked in muscular dystrophy. Agrin is a protein that motor neurons release to direct construction of the nerve-muscle contact or synapse. More »