Rat motoneuron properties recover following reinnervation in the absence of muscle activity and evoked acetylcholine release

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 585, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-56

  Bichler, Edyta K ^a   Carrasco, Dario I ^a   Rich, Mark M ^b   Cope, Timothy C ^b   Pinter, Martin J ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER TRANSECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETROGRADE NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REINNERVATION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; FEMALE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 36249018969     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2007.135541     Document Type: Article

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