Testosterone regulates terminal Schwann cell number and junctional size during developmental synapse elimination

Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 441-451

  Jordan, Cynthia L ^a   Williams, Terrance J ^a,b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Immunostaining; Neuromuscular junctions; Sexual dimorphism; Synapse stabilization

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SCHWANN CELL;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SIZE; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0035726245     PISSN: 03785866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000048731     Document Type: Article

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