Precision of reinnervation and synaptic remodeling observed in neuromuscular junctions of living frogs

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 16, Issue 16, 1996, Pages 5130-5140

  Astrow, Stephanie H ^a   Pitaevski, Vladimir ^a   Herrera, Albert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

frogs; in vivo observation; motor endplate; motor nerve terminal; neuromuscular junction; regeneration; reinnervation; sprouting; synaptic plasticity; synaptic remodeling; vital dyes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FROG; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 0029737518     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.16-16-05130.1996     Document Type: Article

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