Synapse formation proceeds independently of dendritic elongation in cultured hippocampal neurons

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 121-131

  Holgado, Andrea ^a   Ferreira, Adriana ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense oligonucleotides; Cultured hippocampal neurons; Dendritic differentiation; MAP2; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; NEURONS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RATS; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0034056731     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4695(200005)43:2<121::AID-NEU2>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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