Specific muscle contacts induce increased transmitter release and neuritic arborization in motoneuronal cultures

Developmental Biology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 212-222

  Zoran, Mark J ^a   Metts, Brent A ^a   Poyer, James C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; EMBRYO; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE; NEURITE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SNAIL;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HELISOMA;

EID: 0030579177     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0252     Document Type: Article

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