Calcitonin gene-related peptide increases the expression of acetylcholinesterase in cultured chick myotubes

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 217, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 165-168

  Choi, Roy C Y ^a   Leung, Patrick W Y ^a   Dong, Tina T X ^a   Wan, David C C ^b   Tsim, Karl W K ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotrophic factors; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030592512     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13102-5     Document Type: Article

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