Topographic comparison of subneural apparatuses at neuromuscular junctions in normal and dystrophic (mdx) mice: A scanning electron microscope study

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 193-197

  Kitaoka, Kenji ^a,b   Matsuda, Yoshiro ^a   Desaki, Junzo ^a   Oki, Sadaaki ^a   Nagano, Yoji ^a   Shibata, Taihoh ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dystrophic (mdx) mouse; Junctional folds; Neuromuscular junction; Scanning electron microscopy; Subneural apparatus

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

CELL DEATH; ELECTRONS; MAMMALS; MUSCLE;

DYSTROPHIC {MDX) MOUSE; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS; JUNCTIONAL FOLD; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MUSCLE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SUBNEURAL APPARATUS;

SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0031007278     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jmicro.a023508     Document Type: Article

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