Heme oxygenase-2 expression at rat neuromuscular junctions

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 143-146

  Kusner, Linda L ^a   Kim, Edward ^a   Kaminski, Henry J ^a  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon monoxide; Extraocular muscle; Heme oxygenase; Neuromuscular junction; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

HEME OXYGENASE; ION CHANNEL; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEG MUSCLE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0032846302     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(99)00628-X     Document Type: Article

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