Neuromuscular synapses on the dactyl opener muscle of the lobster Homarus americanus

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 326, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 823-834

  Hamilton, Jonna ^a,c   Dillaman, Richard M ^b   Worden, Mary Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dense bar; Excitatory synapse; Inhibitory synapse; Lobster, Homarus americanus (Crustacea); Neuromuscular; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DACTYL OPENER MUSCLE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HOMARUS AMERICANUS; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; LOBSTER; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEPHROPIDAE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

ASTACOIDEA; CRUSTACEA; HOMARUS AMERICANUS;

EID: 33751202709     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-006-0221-5     Document Type: Article

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