β-actin is confined to structures having high capacity of remodelling in developing and adult rat cerebellum

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3785-3798

  Micheva, Kristina D ^a   Vallée, Annie ^a   Beaulieu, Clermont ^a   Herman, Ira M ^b   Leclerc, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Dendritic spines; Electron microscopy; Neuron; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; G ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; AXONEME; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WHITE MATTER;

ACTINS; AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; DENDRITES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PURKINJE CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0032456618     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.1998.00391.x     Document Type: Article

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