Increased quantal release of acetylcholine at the neuromuscular junction following scald injury in the rat

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1660-1666

  Edwards, Jonathan P ^a   Hatton, Paul A ^a   Little, Roderick A ^a   Pennington, Richard A ^a   Wareham, Anthony C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Injury; Neuromuscular block; Neuromuscular transmission; Rat skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ATRACURIUM; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY SURFACE; BURN; CORE TEMPERATURE; DIET RESTRICTION; FAST MUSCLE; HYPOTHESIS; INJURY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THERMAL INJURY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BURNS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EATING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HINDLIMB; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR NONDEPOLARIZING AGENTS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0032751130     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4598(199912)22:12<1660::AID-MUS7>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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