Nerve terminal withdrawal from rat neuromuscular junctions induced by neuregulin and schwann cells

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 6243-6255

  Trachtenberg, Joshua T ^a,b   Thompson, Wesley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal withdrawal; Development; Neuregulin; Neuromuscular junction; Schwann cells; Synaptic stability

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0030857561     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-16-06243.1997     Document Type: Article

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