Xue-Mei Ma

Neuromuscular Junction Degeneration in Skeletal Muscle Atrophy: Disease-Specific Mechanisms, Evidence-Informed Stratification, and Therapeutic Windows

Skeletal muscle atrophy involves not only the loss of muscle mass and fiber size, but also a significant decline in contractile performance. Force decline often occurs before visible fiber atrophy, suggesting that early defects in neuromuscular transmission might trigger or exacerbate the wasting process. Therefore, we...