Roles of glial cells in the formation, function, and maintenance of the neuromuscular junction

Journal of Neurocytology

Volumn 32, Issue 5-8, 2003, Pages 987-1002

  Koirala, Samir ^a   Reddy, Linga V ^a,b   Ko, Chien Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL STRUCTURE; GLIA CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANURA; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROGLIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 3042668901     PISSN: 03004864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:NEUR.0000020637.71452.3c     Document Type: Review

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