A simple for local delivery of various substances to the rat neuromuscular system

Brain Research Protocols

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-82

  Connold, A L ^a   Greensmith, L ^a   Tyc F ^a   Vrbova G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug application; Implant; Neonatal rodent; Neuromuscular system

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOPYRIDINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; ANTHRACENE; APROTININ; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHELATING AGENT; CHLORIDE CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; EGTAZIC ACID; ETHYLENE GLYCOL 1,2 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYL) ETHER N,N,N',N' TETRAACETIC ACID; ION TRANSPORT AFFECTING AGENT; LEUPEPTIN; MERSALYL; N [N (3 CARBOXYOXIRANE 2 CARBONYL)LEUCYL]AGMATINE; NEUROTOXIN; NIFEDIPINE; PEPSTATIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SILASTIC;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG IMPLANT; METHODOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROSCIENCE; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

ANIMALS; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DRUG IMPLANTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROSCIENCES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RATS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0031403085     PISSN: 1385299X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1385-299X(96)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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