Stabilization of dendritic arbor structure in vivo by CaMKII

Science

Volumn 279, Issue 5348, 1998, Pages 222-226

  Wu, Gang Yi ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a  

^a Simons Center for Quantitative Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRETECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BENZYLAMINES; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CARBOCYANINES; DENDRITES; FLUORESCENT DYES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, AMPA; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SULFONAMIDES; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TIME FACTORS; VACCINIA VIRUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032498213     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.279.5348.222     Document Type: Article

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