Role of neurotrophins in synapse development and plasticity

Reviews in the Neurosciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-12

  Lu, Bai ^a   Figurov, Alexander ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cortex; Hippocampus; Neuromuscular junction; Neurotrophins; NGF; NT 3; NT 4 5; Plasticity; Synapse; Synaptogenesis; Transmitter release; Trk receptor tyrosine kinases

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; SECRETORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030767944     PISSN: 03341763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVNEURO.1997.8.1.1     Document Type: Review

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