Ultrastructural changes in the pre- and post-synaptic elements of the neuromus cular junction of the adult albino rat following nerve crush lesion

ABSTRACT

Using electron microscopy, the morphological changes in the presynaptic and postsynaptic elements [nerve terminal, terminal Schwann cells and the post-synaptic folds] of the neuromuscular junction of the rat, induced by nerve crush lesion, have been investigated. Adult albino rats were used in this study. The sciatic nerve was crushed, and denervated gastrocnemius muscles were dissected at different intervals following the crush lesion. The results were given