A stem-cell based bioassay to critically assess the pathology of dysfunctional neuromuscular junctions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chipman, Peter H ^a,c   Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Rafuse, Victor F ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Life Sciences Centre   (Canada)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NIFEDIPINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL; CD56 ANTIGEN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NCAM1 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL DERIVED MOTOR NEURON; ENDOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VIVO STUDY; MOTONEURON; MYOTUBE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PATHOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELL; STEM CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD56; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHICK EMBRYO; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; ENDOCYTOSIS; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NIFEDIPINE; PHENOTYPE; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; STEM CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84898726314     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091643     Document Type: Article

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