Introduction to Myasthenia Gravis

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Science

 

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Herman E

 

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April 25, 2013

 

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University

 

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The immune system usually makes antibodies to attack bacteria, viruses and germs. With the autoimmune disease, the immune system makes antibodies against parts of one's own body tissues. In a person with normal immune system, muscles are stimulated to contract by the transmission of nerve impulses to the muscle fibers...
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The nerve impulses cause neurotransmitter acetylcholine to be released into the synaptic cleft. There it is picked up by the acetylcholine receptors on the muscle fiber. In return this causes the myosin and the actin to slide past each other and link. This causes the muscle to contract. In myasthenia gravis, the numbers of acetylcholine receptors appear to be reduced...
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