Strong immunoreactivity of platelet-derived growth factor and its receptor at human and mouse neuromuscular junctions

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 189, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 239-244

  Zhao, Yajuan ^a,b   Haginoya, Kazuhiro ^a   Iinuma, Kazuie ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; CYTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC;

EID: 0033252862     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.189.239     Document Type: Article

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