Endocrine function of the thymus affecting neuromuscular transmission.

  • 1 February 1969
    • journal article
    • Vol. 4  (2) , 181-9
Abstract
Neuromuscular transmission was studied with micro-electrodes in thymus-deficient Lewis rats thymectomized within 3 days of birth and in Lewis rats bearing increased thymic tissue in the form of multiple isogeneic thymic grafts. The amplitude of miniature end-plate potentials (MEPPS) was increased in thymus-deficient animals and decreased in animals with increased thymic tissue.