Fine structural study of the innervation of muscle spindles in the internal oblique muscle of the abdominal wall in the adult mouse

Journal of Electron Microscopy

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 243-250

  Desaki, Junzo ^a   Ezaki, Taichi ^b   Nishida, Naoya ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal oblique muscle; Intrafusal muscle fiber; Motor ending; Mouse; Muscle spindle; Sensory ending

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INNERVATION; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE; MUSCLE SPINDLE; SENSORY RECEPTOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ABDOMEN; ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; MUSCLES; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS;

CHAINS; FIBERS; MAMMALS;

ADULT MICE; EQUATORIAL REGIONS; INTERNAL OBLIQUE MUSCLE; INTRAFUSAL MUSCLE FIBER; MOTOR ENDING; MOUSE; MUSCLE FIBER; MUSCLE SPINDLES; SENSORY ENDING; STRUCTURAL STUDIES;

MUSCLE;

EID: 77953270397     PISSN: 00220744     EISSN: 14779986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jmicro/dfp058     Document Type: Article

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