Role of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors at the vertebrate myotendinous junction: A hypothesis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 211-214

  Bernheim, L ^a   Hamann, M ^a   Liu, J H ^a   Fischer Lougheed, J ^a   Bader, C R ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Extra junctional acetycholine receptors; Fusion; Myoblast; Myotendinous junction; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MECHANICAL STRESS; MUSCLE TENDON JUNCTION; MYOBLAST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TENDON; TISSUE REPAIR; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 0029999324     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-8966(96)00020-X     Document Type: Article

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