Activity-driven synaptic and axonal degeneration in canine motor neuron disease

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1175-1181

  Carrasco, Dario I ^a   Rich, Mark M ^a   Wang, Qingbo ^a   Cope, Timothy C ^a   Pinter, Martin J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENERVATION; DOG; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HEREDITARY SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DOGS; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY, SPINAL; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE REGENERATION; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES; TARSUS, ANIMAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3142757109     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00157.2004     Document Type: Article

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