Lin Mei and Post Doc Haito Wu, Georgia Health Sciences University (IMAGE)

Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University

Lin Mei and Post Doc Haito Wu, Georgia Health Sciences University

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Communication between the brain and muscle must be strong for us to eat, breathe or walk. Now scientists have found that a protein known to be on the surface of muscle cells must be present in both tissues to ensure the conversation is robust.

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