Expression of acetylcholine receptor isoforms at extraocular muscle endplates

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 345-351

  Kaminski, Henry J ^a,b   Kusner, Linda L ^a   Block, Christine H ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

acetylcholine receptor; extraocular muscle; immunocytochemistry; myasthenia gravis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE ENDING; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BUNGAROTOXINS; DIAPHRAGM; EXTREMITIES; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0030058578     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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