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Cells Constituents & Pathways Acetylcholine receptors AChR antibody actions Botulinum toxin Dystrophin & DAGs Fatty acid transport Glycogen & Glucose Glycolipids Ion channels Ca++; Na+; K+ Lysosomal pathway Mitochondrial Motor neuron Upper & Lower Myelin Proteins Structure Cross-section Longitudinal Myogenesis Neuromuscular junction Spliceosome Function & Mechanism Tendon reflex arcs Ubiquitin-Proteasome Vitamins |
Muscle fiber Excitation-Contraction Coupling Myosin & related proteins Structure & contraction Autonomic Pathways Cranial nerve anatomy Visual fields 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Antibodies ANA patterns Anti-neural (cerebellum) Disease pathophysiology DNA: CTG repeats DM1 locus FSH DNA Myasthenia gravis |
Electrophysiology A-wave Complex repetitive discharges Conduction Block: Motor Denervation of muscle Partial Fibrillations Motor unit: Rapid firing Demyelinating neuropathy F-waves Myasthenia gravis Myasthenic syndrome Myokymia Myopathy Myosin loss Myotonia Palmaris brevis spasm Positive sharp waves Prolonged distal latency Pseudofacilitation Repetitive response to stimulus Stiffman syndrome Temporal dispersion Tetany |
MRI & Imaging ALS AVM Behcet Bent spine syndrome Calcinosis Cerebellitis CMT-X1 Corpus callosum: Thin Dystrophinopathy Female carrier Focal myositis Hematoma (Psoas) HIBM2 Heroin myelopathy Muscle MRI Nephrogenic fibrosis Patterns Posterior neck myopathy SACS Superficial siderosis Syringomyelia Thymoma |
Patient pictures Acromegaly Addison's disease Aging AMAN Ankylosing spondylitis Becker dystrophy: Legs Bethlem myopathy: Hands Bulbo-Spinal Muscular Atrophy BVVL Calcinosis Cleidocranial dysplasia CMT-X1 Congenital muscular dystrophy Congenital myasthenia gravis Duchenne MD FSH dystrophy Giant axonal neuropathy Hereditary sensory neuropathy HIBM + Dementia & Pagets King-Denborough Syndrome Muscle wasting Myasthenia gravis Ocular Ptosis Myxedema Myositis Dermatomyositis Hands; Patient; Rash Inclusion body myositis Pyomyositis (MRI) Papilledema Polio SMA 5q: A; B Tongue ALS Hypoglossal nerve lesion |