The Arkansas Railroad Museum preserves the last steam-powered locomotive built in Arkansas and includes various artifacts of Arkansasâs railroad heritage. The Pine Bluff/Jefferson County Historical Museum opened in 1980 in the restored 1907 Union Pacific train depot.
Neuromuscular transmission defects. Only myasthenia gravis will be discussed further. This disease is characterized by abnormal fatigue with exercise. Myasthenia gravis commonly affects young woman and has a predilection for ocular, facial, masticator and proximal upper extremity muscles. Typically the patients recover to some degree after rest.
Congenital myopathy. Congenital myopathy is a very broad term for any muscle disorder present at birth. This defect primarily affects skeletal muscle fibres and causes muscular weakness and/or hypotonia. Congenital myopathies account for one of the top neuromuscular disorders in the world today, comprising approximately 6 in 100,000 live births every year. As a whole, congenital myopathies can be broadly classified as follows: A distinctive abnormality in skeletal muscle fibres on the cellular level; observable via light microscope; Symptoms of muscle weakness and hypotonia; Is a congenital disorder, meaning it occurs during development and symptoms present themselves at birth or in early life.