Seasonal plasticity of neuromuscular junctions in adult male Siberian hamsters (Phodopus sungorus)

Brain Research

Volumn 819, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 83-88

  Hegstrom, Carol D ^a   Breedlove, S Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neuromuscular junctions; Photoperiod; Sexual dimorphism; Siberian hamster; Spinal nucleus of the bulbocavernosus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CRICETINAE; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; PENIS; PHODOPUS; PHOTOPERIOD; SEASONS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPINAL CORD; TESTIS;

EID: 0033585839     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(98)01315-8     Document Type: Article

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