Cover picture: Shown is a motor unit from a transgenic
mouse expressing yellow fluorescent protein (YFP) in a single motor neuron (green) that innervates the spinotrapezius muscle at
postnatal day 8. This animal received twice-daily subcutaneous
injections of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)
beginning on the day of birth. The GDNF causes an increased number of
terminal branches. Acetylcholine receptors were labeled with
rhodamine-conjugated
-bungarotoxin (red). For details,
see the article by Keller-Peck et al. in this issue (pages
6136-6146).