Modelling the response to low-frequency repetitive nerve stimulation of myasthenia gravis and Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome.
Med Biol Eng Comput
; 54(11): 1761-1778, 2016 Nov.
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Myasthenia gravis (MG) is an autoimmune postsynaptic disorder of neuromuscular transmission caused, in most patients, by antibodies against postsynaptic acetylcholine receptors. Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome (LEMS) is a presynaptic autoimmune disease in which there is a reduction in Ca2+ entry with each impulse due to the action of antibodies against Ca2+ channels. These diseases have a distinct pattern of response to low-frequency repetitive nerve stimulation which allows its recognition in a particular subject. Nevertheless, the physiologic basis of this response is not entirely known. A model of the time-course of release probability of neuromuscular junctions that incorporates facilitation and a depression-recovery mechanism has been developed with the aim to investigate these response patterns. When the basal value of release probability was in the physiologic range, as in MG, release probability showed an increment after its initial decrease only if the recovery from depression was accelerated by presynaptic residual Ca2+. Otherwise, when the basal release probability was low, as in LEMS, a progressive reduction in the release probability without any late increase was only obtained if the efficacy of Facilitation and Ca2+-dependent recovery from depression were reduced.
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Asunto principal:
Síndrome Miasténico de Lambert-Eaton
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Terapia por Estimulación Eléctrica
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Modelos Neurológicos
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Miastenia Gravis
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Med Biol Eng Comput
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2016
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Article
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España