Terminal schwann cells participate in neuromuscular synapse remodeling during reinnervation following nerve injury

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6323-6333

  Kang, Hyuno ^a,b   Tian, Le ^a   Mikesh, Michelle ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^b   Thompson, Wesley J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glial cell; Nerve injury; Neuromuscular junction; Regeneration; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic structure

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DENERVATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE REINNERVATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHWANN CELL; SOLEUS MUSCLE; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

GLIAL CELL; NERVE INJURY; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REGENERATION; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DENERVATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE REGENERATION; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SCHWANN CELLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899624182     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4673-13.2014     Document Type: Article

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