Basal lamina and the organization of neuromuscular synapses

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 5-8, 2003, Pages 883-903

  Patton, Bruce L ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; SYNAPSE;

VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 3042534412     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000020630.74955.19     Document Type: Review

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