Alterations in synaptic strength preceding axon withdrawal

Science

Volumn 275, Issue 5298, 1997, Pages 356-361

  Colman, H ^a   Nabekura, J ^a,b   Lichtman, J W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAMMAL CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACTION POTENTIALS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0031023954     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.275.5298.356     Document Type: Article

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46. We thank S. Turney and C. Nelson for their help with data analysis, J. Sanes for his comments on this manuscript, and A. Pestronk, C. Rovainen, J. H. Steinbach, D. Van Essen, and R. Wilkinson for helpful discussion and comments. Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) (NS 20364, NS 34448) and the Muscular Dystrophy Association and by an NIH Training Grant (H.C.).