α-neurexins are required for efficient transmitter release and synaptic homeostasis at the mouse neuromuscular junction

Neuroscience

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 433-446

  Sons, M S ^a,b   Busche, N ^a   Strenzke, N ^a   Moser, T ^a   Ernsberger, U ^c   Mooren, F C ^d   Zhang, W ^a   Ahmad, M ^a   Steffens, H ^a   Schomburg, E D ^a   Plomp, J J ^b   Missler, M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^e OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Calcium channels; Exocytosis; Myasthenia gravis; Spinal cord; Systems physiology

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ALPHA NEUREXIN; CALCIUM CHANNEL; NEUREXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAPHRAGM MUSCLE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE DELETION; HOMEOSTASIS; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HOMEOSTASIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 32844462715     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2005.11.040     Document Type: Article

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