Myasthenia gravis is a disease characterized by reduction in the number of acetylcholine receptors on skeletal muscles. Which physiological process would be affected? What would someone afflicted by this disease experience? How may this disease be treated?
What will be an ideal response?
Neuromuscular transmission would be affected, and therefore excitation-contraction coupling. Skeletal muscles would be less excitable, and muscle tone and strength would decrease. A treatment that could increase the amount of acetylcholine released or prolong its action, such as a treatment interfering with acetylcholine breakdown, would offer some improvement.
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