Cyclic nucleotide gated channels as regulators of CNS development and plasticity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 404-412

  Zufall, Frank ^a   Shepherd, Gordon M ^a   Barnstable, Colin J ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CATION CHANNEL; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

BRAIN; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VERTEBRATE; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0030841326     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(97)80070-0     Document Type: Article

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