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  • Title: Incomplete recovery of endplate potential amplitude while intermittently activating rat soleus neuromuscular junctions in situ.
    Author: Desaulniers P, Lavoie PA, Gardiner PF.
    Journal: Muscle Nerve; 2002 Dec; 26(6):810-6. PubMed ID: 12451606.
    Abstract:
    Studies dealing with neuromuscular transmission efficacy typically employ continuous patterns of activation to demonstrate decrements in endplate potential (epp) amplitude. Recent evidence from rat diaphragm muscle has shown that including periods of quiescence to the stimulation protocol allows epp amplitude to recover between series of contractions. Whether similar recovery occurs in rat hindlimb muscle is unknown. In this study, we have measured declines in epp amplitude in rat soleus muscle during trains of stimulation evoked either continuously (10 s) or intermittently (400 ms repeated every second), using an in situ approach. As in diaphragm, we found that rest periods within the intermittent trains significantly improved neuromuscular transmission efficacy. However, unlike the diaphragm, epp amplitude recovery was incomplete even by the second train in the intermittent protocols, recovery being frequency-dependent and ranging from 40 to 50%. The results suggest that the kinetics of epp amplitude rundown and recovery may be muscle-specific, and should be considered when evaluating situations in which neuromuscular transmission efficacy may be altered.
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