In vitro synaptogenesis between the somata of identified Lymnaea neurons requires protein synthesis but not extrinsic growth factors or substrate adhesion molecules

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 20, 1997, Pages 7839-7849

  Feng, Zhong Ping ^a   Klumperman, Judith ^b,c   Lukowiak, Ken ^a   Syed, Naweed I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Growth factors; In vitro; Lymnaea; Mollusks; Soma soma synapses; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CONTACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SNAIL; SOMATIC CELL; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0030848730     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-20-07839.1997     Document Type: Article

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