New evidence for a presynaptic action of prednisolone at neuromuscular junctions

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 37-43

  Dal Belo, Cháriston André ^a   Leite, Gildo Bernardo ^a   Fontana, Marcos Dias ^a   Corrado, Alexandre Pinto ^b   Baso, Ana Cristina Zanandréa ^b   Serra, Carmen Sílvia Moreno ^b   Oliveira, Antonio Carlos ^b   Rodrigues Simioni, Léa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrophysiology; Facilitatory effect; Myasthenia gravis; Neuromuscular junction; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

BETA BUNGAROTOXIN; PREDNISOLONE; TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOUSE; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR BLOCKING AGENTS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; PREDNISOLONE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SCIATIC NERVE;

EID: 0036308202     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10132     Document Type: Article

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