Effects of electrical stimulation on neuromuscular junction morphology in the aging rat tongue

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 203-211

  Johnson, Aaron M ^a   Connor, Nadine P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Electrical stimulation; Neuromuscular junction; NMJ; Tongue

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOGLOSSAL NERVE; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TONGUE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BUNGAROTOXINS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; S100 PROTEINS; SCHWANN CELLS; TONGUE;

EID: 78751652010     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.21819     Document Type: Article

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