Development of the myotomal neuromuscular junction in Xenopus laevis: an electrophysiological and fine-structural study

Dev Biol. 1977 Oct 1;60(1):101-29. doi: 10.1016/0012-1606(77)90113-0.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Acetylcholine / pharmacology
  • Age Factors
  • Animals
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Curare / pharmacology
  • Electric Stimulation
  • Female
  • Larva
  • Male
  • Membrane Potentials / drug effects
  • Microscopy, Electron
  • Motor Endplate / physiology
  • Motor Neurons / ultrastructure
  • Muscle Contraction
  • Muscles / embryology
  • Muscles / ultrastructure
  • Neuromuscular Junction / embryology*
  • Neuromuscular Junction / physiology
  • Neuromuscular Junction / ultrastructure
  • Spinal Cord / cytology
  • Spinal Cord / physiology
  • Tetrodotoxin / pharmacology
  • Xenopus

Substances

  • Tetrodotoxin
  • Curare
  • Acetylcholine