Morphometric characterization of the neuromuscular junction of rodents intoxicated with 2,4-dithiobiuret: Evidence that nerve terminal recycling processes contribute to muscle weakness

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-286

  Rheuben, Mary B ^a   Autio, Dawn M ^a,b   Xu, You Fen ^b   Atchison, William D ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Nicotinic receptors; Readily releasable pool of neurotransmitter; Schwann cell; Synaptic vesicle recycling

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DITHIOBIURET; RHODAMINE;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; INTOXICATION; MALE; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MORPHOMETRICS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ENDING; NERVE SPROUTING; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; RAT; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; COLORING AGENTS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NITROBLUE TETRAZOLIUM; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCHWANN CELLS; THIOUREA;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 1842815728     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2004.01.004     Document Type: Article

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