Organization and reorganization of neuromuscular junctions in mice lacking neural cell adhesion molecule, tenascin-C, or fibroblast growth factor-5

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1465-1477

  Moscoso, Lisa M ^a   Cremer, Harold ^b   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

FGF; N CAM; Neuromuscular junction; Reinnervation; Sprouting; Synapse formation; Tenascin

Indexed keywords

FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; TENASCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; MUTANT; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REINNERVATION; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0032519649     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-04-01465.1998     Document Type: Article

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