Rescue of developing spinal motoneurons from programmed cell death by the GABAA agonist muscimol acts by blockade of neuromuscular activity and increased intramuscular nerve branching

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-343

  Oppenheim, Ronald W ^a   Calderó, Jordi ^b   Cuitat, Dolors ^b   Esquerda, Josep ^b   Ayala, Victória ^b   Prevette, David ^a   Wang, Siwei ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; CURARE; MUSCIMOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLARIZATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

EID: 0344838572     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-7431(02)00020-9     Document Type: Article

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