Three-Dimensional Structure of the Synaptic Contact of the Neuromuscular Junction in the Rat Lumbrical Muscle

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 237-247

  Sohn, Akiko ^a   Kaidoh, Toshiyuki ^a   Inoué, Takao ^a  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HINDLIMB; HISTOLOGY; MOTONEURON; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; RAT; SARCOLEMMA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HINDLIMB; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; SARCOLEMMA; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 0033175730     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.62.237     Document Type: Article

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