Neuromuscular junctions of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle in the adult rat: A scanning electron microscopical study

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 375-379

  Kawakita, Seiji ^a   Yumoto, Eiji ^a   Aibara, Ryuichi ^a   Yamagata, Takahiko ^a   Desaki, Junzo ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CRICOPHARYNGEUS MUSCLE; LARYNX MUSCLE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029963381     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.59.375     Document Type: Article

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