Co-regulation of synaptic efficacy at stable polyneuronally innervated neuromuscular junctions in reinnervated rat muscle

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 521, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 365-374

  Costanzo, Ellen M ^a   Barry, Jacqueline A ^a   Ribchester, Richard R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DYE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEPOLARIZATION; FEMALE; INTRACELLULAR RECORDING; MOTOR NERVE; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPOLARIZATION; SURAL NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VITAL STAIN; ACTION POTENTIAL AMPLITUDE; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; LATERAL PLANTAR NERVE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE STIMULATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; POLYNEURONALLY INNERVATED NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

EID: 0033457956     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.1999.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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