Sequence of Age-Associated Changes to the Mouse Neuromuscular Junction and the Protective Effects of Voluntary Exercise

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Cheng, Anson ^a   Morsch, Marco ^a   Murata, Yui ^a   Ghazanfari, Nazanin ^a   Reddel, Stephen W ^b   Phillips, William D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RUNNING; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE ENDINGS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PHYSICAL CONDITIONING, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

MUS;

EID: 84879766930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067970     Document Type: Article

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