Formation of functional synaptic connections between cultured cortical neurons from agrin-deficient mice

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 547-557

  Li, Zhen ^a   Hilgenberg, Lutz G W ^a   O'Dowd, Diane K ^a,b   Smith, Martin A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrin; Cortical neuron; Neuron neuron synapse formation

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; AGRIN; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL CULTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHONOVALERATE; 6-CYANO-7-NITROQUINOXALINE-2,3-DIONE; AGRIN; ANIMALS; BICUCULLINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DNA PRIMERS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 0033564750     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(19990615)39:4<547::AID-NEU8>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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