Differential role of APP and APLPs for neuromuscular synaptic morphology and function

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 201-210

  Klevanski, Maja ^a   Saar, Martina ^a   Baumkötter, Frederik ^b   Weyer, Sascha W ^a   Kins, Stefan ^b   Müller, Ulrike C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid precursor protein; Amyloid precursor like protein; Neuromuscular junction; Synaptic adhesion; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; APLP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; APLP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; APP63-73; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; PEPTIDE FRAGMENT; SYNAPSIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MUSCLE; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PENETRANCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY WEIGHT; C57BL MOUSE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DIAPHRAGM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYLOID BETA-PROTEIN PRECURSOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAPHRAGM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 84904536244     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: 10959327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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