Synaptogenesis via dendritic filopodia in developing hippocampal area CA1

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 8900-8911

  Fiala, John C ^a   Feinberg, Marcia ^a   Popov, Viktor ^b   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF CELL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Postsynaptic density; Pyramidal cell; Rat; Serial electron microscopy; Spines; Synapse; Three dimensional reconstructions

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NEUROPIL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SYNAPTOGENESIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 0032211079     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.18-21-08900.1998     Document Type: Article

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