Molecules, maps and synapse specificity

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 899-909

  Benson, Deanna L ^a   Colman, David R ^a   Huntley, George W ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMBRYOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMAL; BODY PATTERNING; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMAN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE NET; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0035651232     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35104078     Document Type: Article

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