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Science 22 December 1972:
Vol. 178. no. 4067, pp. 1298 - 1300
DOI: 10.1126/science.178.4067.1298
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Neurotrophic Effect on Isolated Chick Embryo Muscle in Culture

T. H. Oh 1, D. D. Johnson 1, and S. U. Kim 1

1 Departments of Pharmacology and Anatomy, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Acetylcholinesterase activity in cultures of dissociated skeletal muscle prepared from the thigh muscle of the 10-day-old chick embryo was increased by the presence of innervating spinal cord explants, spinal cord explants in a parabiotic environment, and by media containing brain-spinal cord extract.


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Choline Acetyltransferase Activity Is Increased in Combined Cultures of Spinal Cord and Muscle Cells from Mice.
E. L. Giller Jr., B. K. Schrier, A. Shainberg, H. R. Fisk, and P. G. Nelson (1973)
Science 182, 588-589
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Hyperinnervation of Skeletal Muscle Fibers: Dependence on Muscle Activity.
J. K. S. Jansen, T. Lomo, K. Nicolaysen, and R. H. Westgaard (1973)
Science 181, 559-561
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