Three-dimensional topography of the motor endplates of the rat gastrocnemius muscle

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 292-302

  Prodanov, Dimiter ^a,b   Thil, Marie Anne ^c   Marani, Enrico ^a,b   Delbeke, Jean ^c   Holsheimer, Jan ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

EMG simulation; Endplate topography; Modeling of action potentials; Motor endplate; Regeneration; Virtual reality modeling language

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; FEMALE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; MUSCLE ACTION POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 24144498693     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20378     Document Type: Article

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