image: A photo of the microfluidic device, designed to emulate the formation of neuromuscular junctions in vitro and help understand the mechanisms behind neuromuscular diseases. The culture chambers and fluidic channels, highlighted by food coloring, provide a unique way to recreate the interaction between between motor neurons and muscle cells as found in the body. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Aug. 3, 2016, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.G.M. Uzel at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass., and colleagues was titled, "Microfluidic device for the formation of optically excitable, three-dimensional, compartmentalized motor units." view more
Credit: Sebastien Uzel