Development of neuromuscular junctions in the mouse esophagus: Morphology suggests a role for enteric coinnervation during maturation of vagal myoneural contacts

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-69

  Breuer, Christian ^a   Neuhuber, Winfried L ^a   Wörl, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptor clustering; Autonomic nervous system; Motor endplate; Nitric oxide synthase; Striated muscle; VAChT

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; GALANIN; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FROZEN SECTION; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE INNERVATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VAGUS NERVE;

ANIMALS; ENTERIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PREGNANCY; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 2642514704     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20156     Document Type: Article

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