Desensitization of mutant acetylcholine receptors in transgenic mice reduces the amplitude of neuromuscular synaptic currents

Synapse

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 367-377

  Bhattacharyya, Bula J ^a,b,c   Day, John W ^a   Ellen Gundeck, J O ^a   Leonard, Susan ^a   Wollmann, Robert L ^b   Gomez, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital myasthenic syndrome; Endplate current; Ion channel; Voltage clamp

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; ION CONDUCTANCE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MYASTHENIA; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POINT MUTATION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030698239     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2396(199712)27:4<367::AID-SYN10>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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