Effects of in vivo injury on the neuromuscular junction in healthy and dystrophic muscles

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 559-570

  Pratt, Stephen J P ^a   Shah, Sameer B ^a   Ward, Christopher W ^b   Inacio, Mario P ^c   Stains, Joseph P ^a   Lovering, Richard M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA BUNGAROTOXIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DYSTROPHIN; MUSCLE SPECIFIC KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DISEASE MODEL; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; ECCENTRIC MUSCLE CONTRACTION; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EXCITATION CONTRACTION COUPLING; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; MUSCLE INJURY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROMUSCULAR TRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TORQUE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BUNGAROTOXINS; DYSTROPHIN; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOTOR ENDPLATE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TORQUE;

EID: 84872417904     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.241679     Document Type: Article

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