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Neuromuscular development in the avian paralytic mutant crooked neck dwarf (cn/cn): further evidence for the role of neuromuscular activity in motoneuron survival.
The Journal of comparative neurology - 12 May 1997
Oppenheim R W, Prevette D, Houenou L J, Pincon-Raymond M, Dimitriadou V, Donevan A, O'Donovan M, Wenner P, Mckemy D D, Allen P D
Abstract excerpt
Neuromuscular transmission and muscle activity during early stages of embryonic development are known to influence the differentiation and survival of motoneurons and to affect interactions with their muscle targets. We have examined neuromuscular development in an avian genetic mutant, crooked neck dwarf (cn/cn), in which a major phenotype is the chronic absence of the spontaneous, neurally mediated movements...
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