Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor administration in postnatal life results in motor unit enlargement and continuous synaptic remodeling at the neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 6136-6146

  Keller Peck, Cynthia R ^a   Feng, Guoping ^a,d   Sanes, Joshua R ^a   Yan, Qiao ^c   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Snider, William D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

GDNF; Growth factor; Motor neuron; Motor unit; Neuromuscular junction; Sprouting; Synapse elimination

Indexed keywords

GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOTONEURON; MOTOR UNIT; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0035882282     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.21-16-06136.2001     Document Type: Article

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