Safety margin at mammalian neuromuscular junction - An example of the significance of fine time measurements in neurobiology

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Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Trontelj, Jože ^a   Trontelj, Janez ^b   Trontelj, Lojze ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Jitter; Neuromuscular junctions; Neuromuscular transmission; Safety factor; Single fibre electromyography

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849307703     PISSN: 03529045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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