Postnatal development of cholinergic synapses on mouse spinal motoneurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 474, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-23

  Wilson, Jennifer M ^a   Rempel, Jeremy ^b   Brownstone, Robert M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

12.1; 12.2; Delayed rectifier; Kv2.1; M2; Muscarinic receptors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; FLUORESCENT DYES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOTOR NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; RECEPTORS, MUSCARINIC; SPINAL CORD; STILBAMIDINES; SYNAPSES; VESICULAR ACETYLCHOLINE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 2542421931     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20089     Document Type: Article

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