Comparative structural analysis of neuromuscular junctions in mice at different ages

Annals of Anatomy

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 173-179

  Boaro, Sueli N ^a   Soares, Jair C ^a   König Jr , Bruno ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Fibularis longus; Mouse; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; SARCOPLASM; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031899498     PISSN: 09409602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0940-9602(98)80020-4     Document Type: Article

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