Expression of foetal type acetylcholine receptor is restricted to type 1 muscle fibres in human neuromuscular disorders

Brain

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1309-1319

  Gattenlöhner, Stefan ^a   Schneider, Christiane ^a   Thamer, Claus ^a   Klein, Rüdiger ^a   Roggendorf, Wolfgang ^a   Gohlke, Frank ^a   Niethammer, Caroline ^a   Czub, Stefanie ^a   Vincent, Angela ^b   Müller Hermelink, Hans Konrad ^a   Marx, Alexander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Denervation; Fibre type; Innervation; Muscle

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0036260266     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awf136     Document Type: Article

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