Neuromuscular Disorders

Basic Physiology

Figure 1: The Motor Unit and Motor End Plate

Figure 2: The Synaptic Cleft and Ach Release

Guillain-Barre' Syndrome

Figure 3: GBS Pathophysiology

Figure 4: ADEM vs. GBS

Figure 5: AIDP and AMAN (both variations of GBS)

Myasthenia Gravis

Tick Paralysis

Botulism

Periodic Paralyses

Figure 6: Various NM disorders and Associated Mechanisms