Abstract
Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disease caused by the absence of dystrophin, a cytoskeleton protein which connects actin to the extracellular matrix. There is a progressive muscular degeneration which eventually leads to early death by respiratory and/or cardiac failure. The mdx mouse, an animal model of DMD, presents sarcolemmal instability, increase of serum creatin…