Neuromuscular junction formation between human stem cell-derived motoneurons and human skeletal muscle in a defined system

Biomaterials

Volumn 32, Issue 36, 2011, Pages 9602-9611

  Guo, Xiufang ^a   Gonzalez, Mercedes ^a   Stancescu, Maria ^a   Vandenburgh, Herman H ^b   Hickman, James J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Myomics   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Co culture; In vitro; In vitro test; Nerve tissue engineering; Skeletal muscle; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

COCULTURE; IN VITRO; IN VITRO TEST; NERVE TISSUE ENGINEERING; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EQUIPMENT TESTING; NEURONS; STEM CELLS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

MUSCLE;

TUBOCURARINE CHLORIDE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DRUG SCREENING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; MORPHOLOGY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD REGENERATION; STEM CELL;

COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CURARE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; STEM CELLS; SYNAPSES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 80054067251     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: 18785905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.09.014     Document Type: Article

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