Morphometric analysis showed no significant differences (P > 0.05) of VGLUT-1 and NFH fluorescence intensity between DMD (mean 4.04 ± SEM 0.17; mean 4.96 ± SEM 0.57) and control (mean 3.35 ± SEM 0.30; mean 6.40 ± SEM 0.47) neurons (data not shown). Here, SLC17A7 is linked to Duchenne muscular dystrophy.