Co-localization of nitric oxide synthase I (NOS I) and NMDA receptor subunit 1 (NMDAR-1) at the neuromuscular junction in rat and mouse skeletal muscle

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 57-63

  Grozdanovic, Zarko ^a   Gossrau, Reinhart ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

MDX mice; Neuromuscular junction; Neuromuscular transmission; Nitric oxide synthase I; NMDA receptors; Skeletal muscle; Type II fibers

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; SPECTRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME HISTOCHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GERBIL; GUINEA PIG; HAMSTER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SARCOLEMMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0031939361     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004410050979     Document Type: Article

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