On the mechanism of action of muscle fibre activity in synapse competition and elimination at the mammalian neuromuscular junction

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2327-2334

  Favero, M ^a,b   Massella, O ^a,b   Cangiano, A ^a,b   Buffelli, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

Author keywords

Kir2.1; Motor endplate; Mouse; Muscle development; Polyneuronal innervation; Synapse elimination

Indexed keywords

INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.1; INWARDLY RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNEL SUBUNIT KIR2.2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTROPORATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HINDLIMB; HYPERPOLARIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SYNAPSE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPORATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 67449108658     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06779.x     Document Type: Article

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