Growth cone and dendrite dynamics in zebrafish embryos: Early events in synaptogenesis imaged in vivo

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-237

  Jontes, James D ^a   Buchanan, JoAnn ^a   Smith, Stephen J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CONE; MOTONEURON; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL MOVEMENT; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; FLUORESCENT DYES; GROWTH CONES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOTOR NEURONS; PSEUDOPODIA; SPINAL CORD; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TIME FACTORS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 0034051791     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/72936     Document Type: Article

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