The Key Player for Health: Neuromuscular Junction

Huang, Kai Yu

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Title

The Key Player for Health: Neuromuscular Junction

Author(s)

Huang, Kai Yu

Issue Date

2022

Keyword(s)

Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Abstract

Does doing exercise really matter to our body health? The answer is ‘’Yes.’’ One major reason is the skeletal muscle which makes up around 40% of our body mass. Skeletal muscles can secrete proteins in response to muscle contraction. These proteins are classified as myokines. So far, more than 650 myokines have been identified. They play a role in the crosstalk between skeletal muscles and other organs. It could affect brain function, mediate the breakdown of fat, regulate the immune system, enhance insulin secretion, and facilitate bone formation. It also has effects on muscle hypertrophy. So doing exercise regularly or moving your body more to trigger muscle contraction indeed has positive effects on body health. More interestingly, why we can control the muscle contraction to make the movement or action we want is because of motor neurons! Motor neurons send the signals to trigger muscle contraction via the neuromuscular junction. So, my study focuses on the crosstalk between neurons and muscles, and how it affects muscular secretion activity. This picture presents beautiful neuron-innervated muscles in vitro. Green color: motor neuron; Red color: skeletal muscle; Blue color: Nucleus Remember to do exercise more : )

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eng

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