Mechanisms controlling neuromuscular junction stability

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1029-1043

  Bloch Gallego, Evelyne ^a  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

Agrin; Axon development; Axon retraction; Motor neuron; Neuromuscular junction; Polyinnervation; Stability; Synapse

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; METALLOPROTEINASE; RAPSYN; SURVIVAL MOTOR NEURON PROTEIN;

ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOTONEURON; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STABILITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SCHWANN CELL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANS GOLGI NETWORK; ANIMAL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUSCLE; NERVE FIBER; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLES; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84923603007     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: 14209071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-014-1768-z     Document Type: Review

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