Retrograde signaling in the development and modification of synapses

Physiological Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 143-170

  Fitzsimonds, Reiko Maki ^a   Poo, Mu Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON; CYTOSOL; HUMAN; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0031894950     PISSN: 00319333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/physrev.1998.78.1.143     Document Type: Review

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