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The Neuromuscular Junction

The Neuromuscular Junction. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N. The Death Penalty. The Issue:  Is the death penalty consistent with the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against the imposition of cruel and unusual punishments.

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The Neuromuscular Junction

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  1. The Neuromuscular Junction

  2. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N

  3. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N The Death Penalty The Issue:  Is the death penalty consistent with the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against the imposition of cruel and unusual punishments sodium thiopental (barbiturate) d-turbocurarine or pancuronium bromide KCl

  4. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N Sleepy of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs – modeled after a friend of Walt Disney who had MG

  5. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N Thomas Willis, 1672, he published De Anima Brutorum(the Soul of Brutes) included, as one of many clinical studies, a report of a woman who had a long-standing paralysis that affected her limbs and her tongue “She speaks freely and readily enough for a while, but after a long period of speech … she is not able to speak a word and is as mute as a fish… Her voice does not return for one or two hours”

  6. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N Myasthenia Gravis Signs and Symptoms Initial symptoms of MG may include difficulty speaking (dysarthria), difficulty swallowing (dysphagia), drooping eyelids (ptosis), and double vision (diplopia). Patients often have nasal-sounding speech and weak neck muscles that give the head a tendency to fall forward or backward. These symptoms occur in about 90% of MG cases, are usually intermittent (i.e., come and go), and may disappear for weeks and then recur

  7. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N

  8. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N

  9. T H E N E U R O M U S C U L A R J U N C T I O N Attorney: This myasthenia gravis-does it affect your memory at all?Witness: Yes.Attorney: And in what ways does it affect your memory?Witness: I forget.Attorney: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?

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