Acetylcholine receptors in innervated muscles of dystrophic mdx mice degrade as after denervation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 8194-8200

  Xu, Rufeng ^a,b   Salpeter, Miriam M ^a  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

cAMP; Diaphragm; Forskolin; Soleus; Sternomastoid; Turnover

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENERVATION; FEMALE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030785497     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-21-08194.1997     Document Type: Article

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