Selective remodeling: Refining neural connectivity at the neuromuscular junction

PLoS Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Chung, Won Suk ^a   Barres, Ben A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; LATERAL GENICULATE BODY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GLIA; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOSOME;

DRAPER PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; DROSOPHILA; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; LARVA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUSCLES; NEUROGLIA; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 69349087305     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000185     Document Type: Editorial

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