Sympathetic neuromuscular transmission at a varicosity in a syncytium

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 433-450

  Bennett, M R ^a   Cheung, A ^a   Brain, K L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Junction; Smooth muscle; Synapse; Syncytium

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

AUTONOMICS; JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; SMOOTH MUSCLES; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC VESICLE; SYNAPTOTAGMINS; SYNCYTIUM; SYNTAXIN; VAS DEFERENS;

CALCIUM;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHANNEL; PURINE P2X RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; SYNTAXIN;

ADRENERGIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; EXOCYTOSIS; GUINEA PIG; HODGKIN HUXLEY EQUATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNCYTIUM; VARICOSIS; VAS DEFERENS;

ANIMALIA; CAVIA PORCELLUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032538035     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19980915)42:6<433::AID-JEMT6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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