Denervation-related changes in acetylcholine receptor density and distribution in the rat flexor digitorum-sublimis muscle

Italian Journal of Anatomy and Embryology

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-416

  Guzzini, Matteo ^a   Raffa, Salvatore ^a   Geu, Stefano ^b   Nicolino, Silvia ^b   Torrisi, Maria Rosaria ^a   Tos, Pierluigi ^c   Battiston, Bruno ^c   Grassi, Francesca ^d,e   Ferretti, Andrea ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c CTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Alpha bungarotoxin, immunofluorescence, rat; Denervation; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RHODAMINE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODEL; FORELIMB; INJURY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STAINING; SYNAPTOSOME; ULNAR NERVE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FORELIMB; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RHODAMINES; STAINING AND LABELING; ULNAR NERVE;

EID: 67650156412     PISSN: 11226714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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