Discovery May Lead To Treatment For Neurodegenerative Diseases
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 14:21
in Biology & Nature
Over the past several decades, many laboratories have studied the communication between nerve cells and muscle fibers that are crucial to form and maintain neuromuscular synapses. Now, researchers have found that a protein named Lrp4 is the missing link that allows communication between two crucial molecules -- one derived from the nerve and the other from muscle -- that enables the formation of the synapse.