Pompe disease is a rare, inherited disorder characterized by the deficiency of an enzyme called acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA). One of the primary features of Pompe disease is the progressive break down in communications between nerve and muscle cells. This image is of a leg muscle (tibialis anterior) from an adult mouse model of Pompe disease. The nerve cells (green) and the sites of nerve-muscle c
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n J. Falk, Adrian Gary Todd, Robin Yoon, Barry J. Byrne, University of Florida