Histochemical studies of end-plate formation in free autologous muscle transplants in cats.
End-plate formation in free autologous transplants of previously denervated whole muscles in adult cats were studied with a histochemical technique for cholinesterase. Grafts from 5 to 40 weeks old have been examined. The original end-plates degenerated and could not be seen in transplants older than 9 weeks. New, immature end-plates formed at many sites in the transplants. They were seen as early as 5 weeks after transplantation. They progressively increased in number during the first 12 weeks. In the oldest transplants the end-plates were relatively mature and appeared in clusters or were scattered.
D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000378:metabolism*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D009045:Motor Endplate / Q000201:enzymology* / Q000502:physiology; D009121:Muscle Denervation; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology / Q000637:transplantation*; D009416:Nerve Regeneration; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000201:enzymology*; D012038:Regeneration; D013997:Time Factors; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous
D002802:Cholinesterases