The contribution of postsynaptic folds to the safety factor for neuromuscular transmission in rat fast- and slow-switch muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 500, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 165-176

  Wood, S J ^a,b   Slater, C R ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; ION CURRENT; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0030903191     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1997.sp022007     Document Type: Article

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