Early effects of carbachol on the morphology of motor endplates of mammalian skeletal muscle fibers

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 399-405

  Voigt, Tilman ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Calcium; Carbachol; Fiber type; Morphology; Motor endplate

Indexed keywords

CARBACHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CURRENT; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTRACTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; HYOID BONE; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; MUSCLE NECROSIS; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOMERE; SARCOPLASM; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CARBACHOL; CHOLINERGIC AGONISTS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; SARCOMERES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77649098521     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21508     Document Type: Article

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