Neuromuscular synapses mediate motor axon branching and motoneuron survival during the embryonic period of programmed cell death

Developmental Biology

Volumn 257, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-84

  Banks, Glen B ^a   Choy, Peng T ^a   Lavidis, Nick A ^a   Noakes, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor; Agrin; Cell death; Motor neuron; Neuromuscular; Rapsyn; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; RAPSYN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEURITE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0037403968     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-1606(03)00056-3     Document Type: Article

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