Neuromuscular junctions

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Preprints.org9 Oct

The First to Fall: Fast Motor Units as the Hidden Trigger of Human Aging

Preprint: commentaryMechanisms

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iScience4 Oct

RAS/MAPK overactivation drives motor axon loss in flies

An unbiased genetic screen in Drosophila revealed that excessive RAS/MAPK signaling causes adult-onset neurodegeneration that a MEK inhibitor rescues in a dose-dependent…An unbiased genetic screen in Drosophila revealed that excessive RAS/MAPK signaling causes adult-onset neurodegeneration that a MEK inhibitor rescues in a dose-dependent manner.

Experiments in fliesMAPK/ERK signalling

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Biogerontology4 Oct

Presynaptic compensation sustains neuromuscular transmission in the mouse diaphragm at a late stage of aging

Experiments in animalsSynaptic transmission

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European Journal of Applied Physiology29 Sep

Ramadan fasting is linked to respiratory sarcopenia in older men

In 53 older men and 48 older women, 28 days of fasting lowered maximal expiratory pressure in men while shifting plasma neuromuscular markers in both sexes.In 53 older men and 48 older women, 28 days of fasting lowered maximal expiratory pressure in men while shifting plasma neuromuscular markers in both sexes.

Study in peopleLung

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Neuroscience28 Sep