Expression of functional α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor during mammalian muscle development and denervation

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 2856-2864

  Fischer, Uwe ^a   Reinhardt, Sigrid ^a   Albuquerque, Edson X ^b   Maelicke, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

7 nAChR; Choline; Denervation; Endplate formation; Muscle development

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACK MUSCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HINDLIMB; LEG MUSCLE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE TISSUE; MYOBLAST; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SOMITE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GESTATIONAL AGE; INNERVATION; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RAT STRAIN; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOLINE; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0032588686     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00703.x     Document Type: Article

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