Rapid turnover of actin in dendritic spines and its regulation by activity

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-246

  Star, Erin N ^a   Kwiatkowski, David J ^a   Murthy, Venkatesh N ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; GELSOLIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FLUORESCENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL LONG TERM DEPRESSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; THEORETICAL MODEL; TURNOVER TIME;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOCHALASIN D; DENDRITES; DEPSIPEPTIDES; GELSOLIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; RATS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0036176244     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn811     Document Type: Article

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