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Muscular fasciculation

Known as: Muscle Twitching, Muscle twitch, MUSCLE FASCICULATION 
Involuntary contraction of the muscle fibers innervated by a motor unit. Fasciculations may be visualized as a muscle twitch or dimpling under the… 
National Institutes of Health

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AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 1AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 5AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 8 (disorder)ATAXIA, SPASTIC, 2, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE (disorder)

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Fasciculation, Benign

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Involuntary muscle contractionNeurogenesisnervous system disorder

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Review
2006
Review
2006
PSA-NCAM in mammalian structural plasticity and neurogenesis
Review
2000
Review
2000
Neuregulin, a factor with many functions in the life of a Schwann cell
The signalling system comprising the ligand Neuregulin‐1, and its receptors, ErbB2 and ErbB3, plays multiple and important roles… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Sek4 and Nuk receptors cooperate in guidance of commissural axons and in palate formation.
Sek4 and Nuk are members of the Eph‐related family of receptor protein‐tyrosine kinases. These receptors interact with a set of… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Mutations affecting the development of the embryonic zebrafish brain.
In a large scale mutagenesis screen for embryonic mutants in zebrafish, we have identified 63 mutations in 24 loci affecting the… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Growth cone guidance in insects: fasciclin II is a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily.
The cellular cues that guide neuronal growth cones toward their targets are highly conserved in such diverse organisms as insects… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Membrane glycoproteins involved in neurite fasciculation
Lectin affinity chromatography combined with mAb production was used to identify chick neural cell surface molecules related to… 
Highly Cited
1986
Highly Cited
1986
Immunoelectron microscopic localization of neural cell adhesion molecules (L1, N-CAM, and MAG) and their shared carbohydrate epitope and myelin basic protein in developing sciatic nerve
The cellular and subcellular localization of the neural cell adhesion molecules L1, N-CAM, and myelin-associated glycoprotein… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Differential inhibition of neurone–neurone, neurone–astrocyte and astrocyte–astrocyte adhesion by L1, L2 and N-CAM antibodies
The cell adhesion molecules L1, N-CAM and Ng-CAM have been implicated in cell–cell interactions among developing neural cells1–4… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Neural cell adhesion molecules and myelin-associated glycoprotein share a common carbohydrate moiety recognized by monoclonal antibodies L2 and HNK-1
Cell surface molecules have been implicated in cell interactions which underlie formation of the nervous system. The analysis of… 
Highly Cited
1984
Highly Cited
1984
Cell recognition during neuronal development.
Insect embryos, with their relatively simple nervous systems, provide a model system with which to study the cellular and… 
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