Neuromuscular junction formation in tissue-engineered skeletal muscle augments contractile function and improves cytoskeletal organization

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 21, Issue 19-20, 2015, Pages 2595-2604

  Martin, Neil R W ^a   Passey, Samantha L ^a,b   Player, Darren J ^a   Mudera, Vivek ^c   Baar, Keith ^d   Greensmith, Linda ^e   Lewis, Mark P ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; DISEASES; MUSCLE; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE;

CHEMICAL INHIBITION; CYTOSKELETAL ORGANIZATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTIONS; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONS; NOVEL METHODOLOGY; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS;

NEURONS;

FIBRIN; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL BODY; CELL ISOLATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL STRUCTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTONEURON; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE TWITCH; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPINAL CORD VENTRAL HORN; TISSUE ENGINEERING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SKELETAL MUSCLE CELL; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSKELETON; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FIBRIN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84944062972     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2015.0146     Document Type: Article

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