Neuromuscular transmission : basic and applied aspects

List of contributors. Preface. Structure and development of the neuromuscular junction, C. Slater & A. Vincen . Electrophysiology of neuromuscular transmission, D. Wray. Techniques used in the study of neuromuscular transmission, D. Wray et al. Synthesis, storage and release of acetylcholine, P. Molenaar. Properties of ion channels involved in neuromuscular transmission, R. Norman. Functional components at nerve terminals revealed by neurotoxins, O. Dolly. Agonists, antagonists and synaptic transmission at the neuromuscular junction, D. Colquhoun. Acetylcholine receptors at the neuromuscular junction, D. Beeson & E. Barnar . Monoclonal antibodies in the study of acetylcholine receptors, J. Lindstrom. Congenital myasthenic syndromes, A. G. Engel. Myasthenia gravis - an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission, A. Vincent. The Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, D. Wray. Experimental autoimmune myasthenia gravis, M. De Baets. Index.