Consumptive Competition at Polyneuronally Innervated Neuromuscular Junctions
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CONTENTS PAGE Introduction 465 A definition and some general principles 468 Neuromuscular paradigms of neurotrophic competition 471 Innervation of smooth muscle 471 Innervation of skeletal muscle 472 Indirect evidence for spatial competition in skeletal muscle 473 Predictions regarding plasticity of smooth and skeletal muscle innervation 474 Competition versus co-existence of motor nerve terminal boutons 475 Role of activity 475 Role of selective synapse formation and elimination 478 Molecular basis for neuromuscular synaptic competition 478 Diffusible versus fixed molecular resources 478 Are there growth inhibitory factors in skeletal muscle? 480 An 'induced-fit' model of neuromuscular synaptic competition 482 Concluding discussion 484 References 485
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