Blockade of neuronal activity alters spine maturation of dentate granule cells but not their dendritic arborization

Neuroscience

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 767-774

  Drakew, A ^a   Frotscher, M ^a   Heimrich, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fascia dentata; Slice co cultures; Spine formation; Synaptic activity

Indexed keywords

BIOCYTIN; TETRODOTOXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC CELL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GRANULE CELL; GROWTH REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DENDRITES; DENTATE GYRUS; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; GOLGI APPARATUS; LYSINE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0032829124     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(99)00378-4     Document Type: Article

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