Age-related changes in neuromuscular innervation

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 20, Issue SUPPL. 5, 1997, Pages

  Balice Gordon, Rita J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030777353     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4598(1997)5+<83::aid-mus20>3.0.co;2-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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