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Joe, and Hans - thanks for the info on neuromuscular junction defect. It sounds like a symptom rather than a different disease, right? Any ideas which disease it might be associated with, if not PD, PD+ or Myasthenia Gravis? It keeps getting curiouser, etc. Thanks, Bruce A ----- Original Message ----- From: J. R. Bruman <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 2:20 PM Subject: Re: EMG test results > In my meager understanding of this, a muscle "works" by each one of its > cells making a slight chemical change that changes its shape. When most > or all of these cells do that, the whole muscle changes shape, e.g., it > goes from long and thin to short and fat, thereby pulling on the bones > that it is attached to. In order for this change to happen, EVERY cell > in a voluntary muscle must be linked by two kinds of nerves to the > brain. An "efferent" nerve carries a signal to each muscle cell, telling > it what to do. Another "afferent" nerve carries a return signal that > tells the brain what the muscle cell is doing. A "neuromuscular junction > defect" means that one or the other of these connections isn't working. > Cheers, > Joe > > B. BRUCE ANDERSON wrote: > > > > I got the results back om my EMG test.> 1.)"...There are no findings to suggest the presence of myopathy.." > > 2.) Elsewhere, though. it concludes, "these findings are suggestive > > of neuromuscular junction defect." Hmmm. I don't now what that is. > > I have no clue. Indicative of one of the PD+ diseases, I suspect... > > -- > J. R. Bruman (818) 789-3694 > 3527 Cody Road > Sherman Oaks, CA 91403-5013 >