title: Motoneuron and sensory neuron plasticity to varying neuromuscular activity levels.
abstract: The size and phenotypic properties of the neural and muscular elements of the neuromuscular unit are matched under normal conditions. When subjected to chronic decreases or increases in neuromuscular activity, however, the adaptations in these properties are much more limited in the neural compared with the muscular elements.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Neurochemistry, Faculty of Integrated Human Studies, Kyoto University, Japan. ishihara@life.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ishihara
authors.forename: Roland R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.forename: Yoshinobu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ohira
authors.forename: V Reggie
authors.initials: VR
authors.lastname: Edgerton
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018485:Muscle Fibers, Skeletal / Q000145:classification / Q000502:physiology; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000502:physiology*; D009473:Neuronal Plasticity / Q000502:physiology*; D009475:Neurons, Afferent / Q000502:physiology*