Enhanced neuromuscular transmission efficacy in overloaded rat plantaris muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 97-103

  Argaw, Anteneh ^a   Desaulniers, Patrice ^a   Gardiner, Phillip F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endplate potential; Neuromuscular junction; Neuromuscular transmission efficacy; Overloaded plantaris; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

CONOTOXIN; MU CONOTOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; EXPERIMENT; FEMALE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PLANTARIS MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECORDING; TENOTOMY;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; CONOTOXINS; FEMALE; HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0347991949     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.10535     Document Type: Article

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