Integrins at the neuromuscular junction are important for motoneuron survival

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 3287-3292

  Wong, K C K ^a   Meyer, T ^a   Harding, D I ^a   Dick, J R T ^b   Vrbova G ^a   Greensmith, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choline acetyltransferase; Motoneuron death; Nerve injury; Rat; Transmitter release

Indexed keywords

CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; INTEGRIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE STRETCHING; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SURVIVAL; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; INTEGRINS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 0032880091     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1999.00749.x     Document Type: Article

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