Role of exercise in maintaining the integrity of the neuromuscular junction

Muscle and Nerve

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-324

  Nishimune, Hiroshi ^a   Stanford, John A ^a   Mori, Yasuo ^b  

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

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active zone; Aging; Exercise; Laminin; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE KINASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL CELL LINE DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; LAMININ BETA2; MICRORNA 206; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 4; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA; PROTEIN HOMER; SOMATOMEDIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ENDURANCE TRAINING; EXERCISE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MUSCLE CELL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW;

ACTIVE ZONE; AGING; EXERCISE; LAMININ; SYNAPSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; EXERCISE; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUREGULIN-1; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PPAR GAMMA;

EID: 84893970488     PISSN: 0148639X     EISSN: 10974598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mus.24095     Document Type: Review

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