A mechanism for graded motor control encoded in the channel properties of the muscle ACh receptor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2599-2604

  Nishino, Atsuo ^a,c   Baba, Shoji A ^b   Okamura, Yasushi ^a,c,d  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OCHANOMIZU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PHYSIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascidian larva; Locomotion; Muscle physiology; Neuromuscular junction

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; IN VIVO STUDY; LARVA; MOTOR CONTROL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUTATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY STIMULATION; VERTEBRATE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CIONA INTESTINALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; LARVA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; OOCYTES; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ASCIDIA; CIONA; CIONA INTESTINALIS; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79952288756     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1013547108     Document Type: Article

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