Rapid dendritic movements during synapse formation and rearrangement

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 118-124

  Wong, Wai T ^a   Wong, Rachel Ol ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHICK EMBRYO; DENDRITE; IMAGING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 0033953270     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-4388(99)00059-8     Document Type: Review

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