Hebbian mechanisms revealed by electrical stimulation at developing rat neuromuscular junctions

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 685-695

  Busetto, Giuseppe ^a   Buffelli, Mario ^a   Tognana, Enrico ^a   Bellico, Francesco ^a   Cangiano, Alberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic conduction block; Chronic nerve electrical stimulation; Development of neural connections; Neuromuscular junction; Polyneuronal innervation; Synapse elimination; Synaptic competition; Synchronous activity

Indexed keywords

TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REINNERVATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0034651088     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-02-00685.2000     Document Type: Article

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