Unlike myofibers, neuromuscular junctions remain stable during prolonged muscle unloading

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 210, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 5-10

  Deschenes, Michael R ^a   Will, Kristin M ^a   Booth, Frank W ^b   Gordon, Scott E ^b  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Disuse; Endplate; Synapse; Unweighting

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

EID: 0037963022     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00455-0     Document Type: Article

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