Agrin gene expression in mouse somatosensory cortical neurons during development in vivo and in cell culture

Neuroscience

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 191-201

  Li, Z ^a   Massengill, J L ^a   O'Dowd, D K ^a   Smith, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Barrel cortex; Somatosensory cortex; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

AGRIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOUSE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPSE;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AGING; AGRIN; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELL AGING; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CHOLINERGIC; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030971104     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(96)00654-9     Document Type: Article

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