Repeated stimuli for axonal growth causes motoneuron death in adult rats: The effect of botulinum toxin followed by partial denervation

Neuroscience

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1101-1109

  White, C M ^a   Greensmith, L ^a   Vrbova G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axonal sprouting; Motoneuron death; Motor unit number; Retrograde labelling

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FORCE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; HINDLIMB; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARALYSIS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0033428634     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00512-6     Document Type: Article

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