Safety factor for neuromuscular transmission at type-identified diaphragm fibers

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 800-803

  Ermilov, Leonid G ^a   Mantilla, Carlos B ^a,b   Rowley, Katharine L ^a   Sieck, Gary C ^a,b  

^a MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor unit; Phrenic motoneurons; Plasticity; Synaptic efficacy; Ventilation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIAPHRAGM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; MALE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOTOR UNIT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DIAPHRAGM; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE FIBERS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHRENIC NERVE; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34249674378     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.20751     Document Type: Article

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