Mechanism of synapse disassembly at the developing neuromuscular junction

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 104-112

  Nguyen, Quyen T ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; MOUSE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0029886442     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80015-8     Document Type: Article

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