Reducing transmitter release from nerve terminals influences motoneuron survival in developing rats

Neuroscience

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 357-362

  Greensmith, L ^a   Ng, P ^b   Mohaghegh, P ^b   Vrbova G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Hemicholinium; Magnesium; Motoneuron death; Nerve injury

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; HEMICHOLINIUM 3; MAGNESIUM;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0034104494     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00072-5     Document Type: Article

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