Abnormal synapse formation in agrin-depleted hippocampal neurons

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 112, Issue 24, 1999, Pages 4729-4738

  Ferreira, Adriana ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Central neuron; Dendrite; GABA receptor; Neurite growth; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AGRIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

AGRIN; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONS; RATS; RECEPTORS, NEUROTRANSMITTER; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033375651     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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