The role of polysialic acid and other carbohydrate polymers in neural structural plasticity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-118

  Fryer, Hugh J L ^a   Hockfield, Susan ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYMER; POLYSIALIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN;

CELL INTERACTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HYDRATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0029989558     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(96)80016-X     Document Type: Article

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