Age affects reciprocal cellular interactions in neuromuscular synapses following peripheral nerve injury

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-53

  Kawabuchi, Masaru ^a   Tan, Huibing ^b   Wang, Songyan ^c  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Pharmacovigilance   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Immunohistochemistry; Nerve regeneration; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotrophic factors

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR;

AGE; AGING; CELL HETEROGENEITY; CELL INTERACTION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE POTENTIAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTROPISM; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; HUMANS; NERVE CRUSH; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPSES; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 78650255646     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2010.10.003     Document Type: Review

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