Agrin and Synaptic Laminin Are Required to Maintain Adult Neuromuscular Junctions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Samuel, Melanie A ^a   Valdez, Gregorio ^a,b   Tapia, Juan C ^a,c   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; LAMININ; LAMININ ALPHA4;

ADULT ANIMAL; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSES;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84867050438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046663     Document Type: Article

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