Recovery of neuromuscular junction morphology following 16 days of spaceflight

Synapse

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 177-184

  Deschenes, Michael R ^a   Britt, Amanda A ^a   Gomes, Ronald R ^b   Booth, Frank W ^b   Gordon, Scott E ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Endplate; Microgravity; Myofiber; Plasticity; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SPACE FLIGHT;

FLIGHT EXPERIMENT; MANNED; SHORT DURATION; STS-90 SHUTTLE PROJECT;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ATROPHY; MALE; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SPACE FLIGHT;

EID: 0035889624     PISSN: 08874476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/syn.10001     Document Type: Article

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