Neuromuscular junctions in cerebral palsy: Presence of extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors

Anesthesiology

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 330-335

  Theroux, Mary C ^a,b   Akins, Robert E ^b,c   Barone, Carol ^d   Boyce, Bobbie ^b   Miller, Freeman ^b,c   Dabney, Kirk W ^b,c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS ALFRED I DUPONT HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCOLIOSIS; SPINE FUSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036159291     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200202000-00017     Document Type: Article

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