Introduction The words “burn injury” trigger, for almost anyone, immediate and vivid images of excruciating pain and suffering. Children are conditioned from early childhood that burn injuries are painful and can cause great harm. At the time of the first…
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ARE TREATED FOR BURNS every year in the United States: hundreds of thousands of those who are hospitalized have a significant mortality rate. The National Burn Repository Report for 2014 reviewed its 10-year experience (2003–2013) ; overall…
The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is among the most studied of all synapses and serves as a prototype for understanding communication between neurons and effector cells within the central and peripheral nervous systems. Complete understanding of the development and function of…