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The region of the muscle fibers where the motor nerves terminate on each skeletal muscle fiber, is termed the muscle endplate. It is at this endplate that the perisynaptic Schwann cells are found interspaced between the nerve terminal and the muscle fiber. The muscle endplate is where the acetylcholine receptors are concentrated and bind the acetylcholine released from the activated nerve terminals to elicit muscle contraction.
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(2009). Muscle Endplate. In: Binder, M.D., Hirokawa, N., Windhorst, U. (eds) Encyclopedia of Neuroscience. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29678-2_3661
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