title: Influence of immobilisation of limbs in kittens on the morphology of the developing neuromuscular junctions.
abstract: Immobilisation of limbs in kittens, in which the neuromuscular apparatus is in active growing phase, affects the maturation of the end-plates, which appear smaller and pointed. Longer periods of immobilisation lead to a significant reduction in the surface area of the neuromuscular junctions which were seen to be "V" or "W" shaped.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002415:Cats; D005121:Extremities / Q000294:innervation* / Q000502:physiology; D006614:Hindlimb / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D007103:Immobilization; D009132:Muscles / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000254:growth & development*; D010525:Peripheral Nerves / Q000033:anatomy & histology