Nerve-terminal and Schwann cell response after nerve injury in the absence of nitric oxide

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 225-231

  Marques, Maria Julia ^a   Leite Pereira, Elaine Cristina ^a   Minatel, Elaine ^a   Santo Neto, Humberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dystrophy; Nerve terminal sprouting; Neuromuscular junction; Nitric oxide; Terminal schwann cell

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; MUSCLE FIBRIL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE ENDING; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE ENDINGS; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; ORGAN SIZE; PERIPHERAL NERVES; SCHWANN CELLS;

EID: 33746670617     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20576     Document Type: Article

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