Nitric oxide synthase is concentrated at the skeletal muscle endplate

Brain Research

Volumn 730, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 238-242

  Kusner, Linda L ^a   Kaminski, Henry J ^a  

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

Author keywords

acetylcholine receptor; cholinergic transmission; neuromuscular junction; nitric oxide; ocular muscle; skeletal muscle; synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030593674     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00675-0     Document Type: Article

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