Effect of prolonged inactivity on skeletal motor nerve terminals during aestivation in the burrowing frog, Cyclorana alboguttata

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 373-379

  Hudson, Nicholas J ^a   Lavidis, Nickolas A ^a   Choy, Peng T ^a   Franklin, Craig E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aestivation; Frog; Inactivity; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; FROGS AND TOADS; INNERVATION; MALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ANURA; ESTIVATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MALE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 17444368090     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-004-0593-5     Document Type: Article

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