Clustering of sodium channels at the neuromuscular junction

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 84-89

  Caldwell, John H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Ankyrin; Skeletal muscle; Syntrophin

Indexed keywords

SODIUM;

ACTION-POTENTIALS; AGRIN; ANKYRIN; CLUSTERINGS; LOCALISATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SODIUM CHANNEL; SYNAPTIC CONTACTS; SYNTROPHINS;

SAFETY FACTOR;

SODIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHANNEL GATING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0034176835     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(20000401)49:1<84::AID-JEMT9>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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