Maturation of neuromuscular transmission during early development in zebrafish

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2852-2861

  Nguyen, Peter V ^a,b   Aniksztejn, Laurent ^a,c   Catarsi, Stefano ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PHYSOSTIGMINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; MEMBRANE CHANNEL; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0032980674     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.1999.81.6.2852     Document Type: Article

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