Involvement of neurotrophin-3 (NT-3) in the functional elimination of synaptic contacts during neuromuscular development

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 473, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 141-145

  Garcia, Neus ^a   Santafé, Manel M ^a   Tomàs, Marta ^a   Lanuza, Maria A ^a   Besalduch, Nuria ^a   Tomàs, Josep ^a  

^a FACULTAT DE MEDICINA I CIÈNCIES DE LA SALUT   (Spain)

Author keywords

ACh release; Motor nerve terminals; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotrophins; Synapse elimination

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR;

ACETYLCHOLINE RELEASE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCUBATION TIME; INNERVATION; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE POTENTIAL; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MICE; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTOR, TRKC; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77949917391     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.040     Document Type: Article

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