Chapter 3 The neuromuscular junction

Handbook of Clinical Neurology

Volumn 91, Issue , 2008, Pages 103-148

  Engel, Andrew G ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPTOSOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 66049134102     PISSN: 00729752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0072-9752(07)01503-5     Document Type: Review

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