Inhibition of sphingolipid synthesis, but not degradation, alters the rate of dendrite growth in cultured hippocampal neurons

Developmental Brain Research

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 125-130

  Schwarz, Andreas ^a   Futerman, Anthony H ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dendrites; Fumonisin B1; Minor processes; Sphingolipids

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; DENDRITE; GROWTH RATE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHOLIPID SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; FUMONISINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SPHINGOLIPIDS; TERATOGENS;

EID: 0032526806     PISSN: 01653806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-3806(98)00041-8     Document Type: Article

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