title: Activity-dependent synaptic competition at mammalian neuromuscular junctions.
abstract: Synapse elimination is a widespread developmental process in the peripheral and central nervous system that brings about refinement of neural connections through epigenetic mechanisms. Here we describe recent advances concerning the role of the pattern of motoneuronal firing, synchronous or asynchronous, in neuromuscular synapse elimination.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e della Visione, Sezione di Fisiologia, Universita' di Verona, 37134 Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Buffelli
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Busetto
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bidoia
authors.forename: Morgana
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Favero
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cangiano
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D008322:Mammals; D009046:Motor Neurons / Q000502:physiology*; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000294:innervation*; D009469:Neuromuscular Junction / Q000502:physiology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*