Subcutaneous administration of muscarinic antagonists and triple-immunostaining of the levator auris longus muscle in mice

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn , Issue 55, 2011, Pages

  Wright, Megan ^a   Kim, Amy ^b   Son, Young Jin ^b  

^a ARCADIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine receptors; Confocal microscope; Immunohistochemistry; Issue 55; Muscle; Neuromuscular junction; Neuroscience; Schwann cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053904156     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/3124     Document Type: Article

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