A role for solute carrier family 10 member 4, or vesicular aminergic-associated transporter, in structural remodelling and transmitter release at the mouse neuromuscular junction

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 316-327

  Patra, Kalicharan ^a   Lyons, David J ^a   Bauer, Pavol ^a   Hilscher, Markus M ^a,b,c   Sharma, Swati ^a   Leão, Richardson N ^a,b,c   Kullander, Klas ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b The Beijer Laboratory for Gene and Neurosciences   (Sweden)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Peripheral nervous system; SLC10A4; Synaptic transmission; Vesicular aminergic associated transporter; Vesicular content

Indexed keywords

CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; ORGANIC ANION TRANSPORTER 10; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; VESICULAR AMINE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE PROTEIN; SLC10A4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MINIATURE ENDPLATE POTENTIAL; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; 129 MOUSE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROELECTRODE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE VESICLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICE, 129 STRAIN; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MINIATURE POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84922743908     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12790     Document Type: Article

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