Pervasive Synaptic Branch Removal in the Mammalian Neuromuscular System at Birth

Neuron

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 816-829

  Tapia, Juan C ^a,e   Wylie, John D ^b   Kasthuri, Narayanan ^a   Hayworth, Kenneth J ^a   Schalek, Richard ^a   Berger, Daniel R ^c   Guatimosim, Cristina ^d   Seung, H Sebastian ^c   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AXOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOTOR NERVE; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE INNERVATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BUNGAROTOXINS; CHOLERA TOXIN; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION;

EID: 84861925555     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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