Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity: Insights from neuromuscular junctions

Neuroscientist

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 414-422

  Personius, Kirkwood E ^a,b   Balice Gordon, Rita J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Motor neuron; Neuromuscular; Plasticity; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CARBENOXOLONE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR UNIT POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0036787987     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385802236970     Document Type: Review

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