Roles of neurotransmitter in synapse formation: Development of neuromuscular junctions lacking choline acetyltransferase

Neuron

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 635-648

  Misgeld, Thomas ^a   Burgess, Robert W ^a   Lewis, Renate M ^a   Cunningham, Jeanette M ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ENZYME; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUTATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0037079059     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(02)01020-6     Document Type: Article

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