Morphological and functional remodelling of the neuromuscular junction by skeletal muscle PGC-1α

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Arnold, Anne Sophie ^a   Gill, Jonathan ^a   Christe, Martine ^a   Ruiz, Rocío ^b   McGuirk, Shawn ^c   St Pierre, Julie ^c   Tabares, Lucía ^b   Handschin, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1ALPHA;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MORPHOLOGY; MUSCLE; NEUROLOGY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84897385100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4569     Document Type: Article

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