End-Plate Morphology in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

1 October 1975

journal article
research article
Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Neurology

Vol. 32 (10) , 711-712
https://doi.org/10.1001/archneur.1975.00490520081016

Abstract

• Intercostal muscle end-plates were measured in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and more benign motor neuron disease (MND). The length of the intact end-plates in ALS and MND was not different from the controls. Segmented end-plates were increased in both ALS and benign MND, and the end-plate length was greatest in ALS. In individual ALS cases, no correlation was found between the end-plate abnormalities and relevant clinical variables.

Keywords

LATERAL SCLEROSIS
AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL
END PLATES
MORPHOLOGY
ABNORMALITIES
INTERCOSTAL

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