An electrically coupled network of skeletal muscle in zebrafish distributes synaptic current

Journal of General Physiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-102

  Luna, Victor M ^a   Brehm, Paul ^a  

^a Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; IN VIVO STUDY; KINETICS; MUSCLE CELL; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ZEBRA FISH;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FLUORESCENT DYES; GAP JUNCTIONS; GLYCYRRHETINIC ACID; KINETICS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TETRODOTOXIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 33745677781     PISSN: 00221295     EISSN: 00221295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1085/jgp.200609501     Document Type: Article

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