1975
DOI: 10.1007/bf00696889
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Ultrastructure of the syndrome of continuous muscle fibre activity

Abstract: The ultrastructure of muscle and the myoneural junction of a man of 60 suffering from the syndrome of continuous muscle fibre activity was studied. This syndrome is manifested by disturbances of walking, muscle weakness, permanent muscle contractions and involuntary movements. The myoneural junction was hypertrophied and showed ramifications of the secondary clefts. The presynaptic nerve ending contained no synaptic vesicles. The relationship of these findings to the disease is discussed.

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“…We were unable to find neuromuscular junctions in sections prepared for electron microscopy in our and other laboratories. Reduced numbers of vesicles and complex convoluted synaptic clefts on electron microscopy are described in one case (Sroka et al, 1975).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…We were unable to find neuromuscular junctions in sections prepared for electron microscopy in our and other laboratories. Reduced numbers of vesicles and complex convoluted synaptic clefts on electron microscopy are described in one case (Sroka et al, 1975).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 93%
“…The main features of these NMJs are terminal sprouting and ultrastructural remodeling sometimes corresponding to large expanses of postsynaptic folds without associated nerve terminals (Pachter and Eberstein, 1984;Pachter and Eberstein, 1986). These, and other examples of increased complexity (Gomez et al, 1996;Maselli et al, 2003b;Sroka et al, 1975) might be explained by the considerable ability of the NMJ to respond to defects in some of its components by compensatory enhancement of others.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Correspondendo a essa melhora clínica estão os achados eletromiográficos, da biópsia muscular e do nervo sural: regressão das alterações eletromiográficas e da histopatologia muscular, sendo a histologia neural completamente normal. Finalmente, Sroka e col. 8 , em 1975, descrevem o caso de um homem de 60 anos de idade, sofrendo de enfermidade similar, evoluindo nos últimos 18 meses, no qual a biópsia muscular revelou-se normal à microscopia óptica e eletrônica, porém o estudo ultraestrutural da placa mioneural demonstrou diminuição das vesículas e enorme hipertrofia das fendas secundiárias, com intensa proliferação de suas ramificações; admitem estes autores que a hipertrofia da membrana pós-sináptica seja a manifestação anatômica da síndrome da atividade contínua das fibras musculares.…”
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