Neuronal involvement in muscular atrophy

The innervation of skeletal myofibers exerts a crucial influence on the maintenance of muscle tone and normal operation. Consequently, denervated myofibers manifest atrophy, which is preceded by an increase in sarcolemma permeability. Recently, de novo expression of hemichannels formed by connexins...

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Main Authors: Bruno Alejandro Cisterna, Christopher eCardozo, Juan C Saez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fncel.2014.00405/full