Differentiation of glial cells and motor neurons during the formation of neuromuscular junctions in cocultures of rat spinal cord explant and human muscle

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 438, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 239-251

  Mars, Tomaz ^a   Yu, Kevin J ^b   Tang, Xue Ming ^b   Miranda, Armand F ^c   Grubic, Zoran ^a   Cambi, Franca ^b   King, Michael P ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Glutamate transporter; Oligodendrocyte; Schwann cell; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM X-AG; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; FETUS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURITES; NEUROGLIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0035903961     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.1312     Document Type: Article

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