Neuromuscular organization of the superior longitudinalis muscle in the human tongue 1. Motor endplate morphology and muscle fiber architecture

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-64

  Slaughter, Katrina ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Sokoloff, Alan J ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor endplates; Muscle; Muscle bundles; Tongue

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOTOR UNIT; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTOMICROGRAPHY; SILVER STAINING; TONGUE;

EID: 31544480646     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089968     Document Type: Article

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