Actin-associated protein synaptopodin in the rat hippocampal formation: Localization in the spine neck and close association with the spine apparatus of principal neurons

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 418, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-181

  Deller, Thomas ^a   Merten, Tobias ^a   Roth, Stephanie U ^b   Mundel, Peter ^c   Frotscher, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytoskeleton; Dendritic plasticity; Fascia dentata; Hippocampal lamina; Spine compartment

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINE;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; DENDRITES; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034611028     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9861(20000306)418:2<164::AID-CNE4>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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