Modification of motoneuron size after partial denervation in neonatal rats

Archives Italiennes de Biologie

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 337-344

  Tyc F ^a   Vrbova G ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FAST MUSCLE; INNERVATION; MORPHOMETRICS; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; RAT; SLOW MUSCLE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; AXOTOMY; CELL POLARITY; CELL SHAPE; CELL SIZE; COLORING AGENTS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HORSERADISH PEROXIDASE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE FIBERS, SLOW-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; TIME FACTORS;

ARMORACIA RUSTICANA; RATTUS;

EID: 36249032434     PISSN: 00039829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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