The Metabolic Stability of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor at the Neuromuscular Junction
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Turnover Rates of Achrs at Aneural, Developing and Mature NMJS
3. The Effect of Synaptic Activity on the Metabolic Stability of AChR Pools
4. The Regulatory Signaling Molecules Involved in the Metabolic Stability of AChRs at the NMJ
5. Concluding Remarks
Funding
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Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Martinez-Pena y Valenzuela, I.; Akaaboune, M. The Metabolic Stability of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor at the Neuromuscular Junction. Cells 2021, 10, 358. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10020358
Martinez-Pena y Valenzuela I, Akaaboune M. The Metabolic Stability of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor at the Neuromuscular Junction. Cells. 2021; 10(2):358. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10020358
Chicago/Turabian StyleMartinez-Pena y Valenzuela, Isabel, and Mohammed Akaaboune. 2021. "The Metabolic Stability of the Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor at the Neuromuscular Junction" Cells 10, no. 2: 358. https://doi.org/10.3390/cells10020358