Laing N G
University of Western Australia, Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Nedlands.
Aust Paediatr J. 1988;24 Suppl 1:40-2.
Nerve and muscle develop in the embryo through a process of continuous interaction. Some of these interactions have been known in simple fashion for some time, for example, that full development of muscle requires the presence of innervating nerves and vice versa. However, the mechanisms by which the interactions proceed are still largely unknown and current re-examination of nerve-muscle interactions in the embryo are providing interesting insights into, among other things, the development of fast and slow muscle fibres and mutual recognition by muscles and nerves.
在胚胎发育过程中，神经和肌肉通过持续的相互作用过程得以发育。其中一些相互作用以简单的方式为人所知已有一段时间了，例如，肌肉的充分发育需要有支配神经的存在，反之亦然。然而，这些相互作用发生的机制在很大程度上仍然未知，目前对胚胎中神经 - 肌肉相互作用的重新研究正在为诸多方面提供有趣的见解，其中包括快肌纤维和慢肌纤维的发育以及肌肉与神经之间的相互识别。
