Structure and function of dendritic spines

Annual Review of Physiology

Volumn 64, Issue , 2002, Pages 313-353

  Nimchinsky, Esther A ^a   Sabatini, Bernardo L ^a   Svoboda, Karel ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; Fragile X; NMDA receptor; Synapse; Voltage sensitive calcium channel

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; CALCIUM ION;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DENDRITES; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0036194016     PISSN: 00664278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.physiol.64.081501.160008     Document Type: Review

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