Presynaptic to postsynaptic relationships of the neuromuscular junction are held constant across age and muscle fiber type

Developmental Neurobiology

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 744-753

  Deschenes, Michael R ^a   Hurst, Taylor E ^a   Ramser, Amy E ^a   Sherman, E Grace ^a  

^a The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Aging; Motor endplate; Nerve terminal; Synapse

Indexed keywords

POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTENSOR DIGITORUM LONGUS MUSCLE; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLOW MUSCLE FIBER; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; MOTOR ENDPLATE; NERVE TERMINAL; SYNAPSE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; AGING; ANIMALS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RATS; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 84884138803     PISSN: 19328451     EISSN: 10974695     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dneu.22095     Document Type: Article

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