Role of actin in the organisation of brain postsynaptic densities

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 246-250

  Adam, Geza ^a,b   Matus, Andrew ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH MIESCHER INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Actin; CaM kinase II; Cytoskeleton; Neurotransmitter receptor; Postsynaptic density; Synaptic junction

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0030608503     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(96)00177-5     Document Type: Article

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