Control of hippocampal dendritic spine morphology through ephrin-A3/EphA4 signaling

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 153-160

  Murai, Keith K ^a   Nguyen, Louis N ^a   Irie, Fumitoshi ^a   Yu, Yamaguchi ^a   Pasquale, Elena B ^a,b  

^a BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPHRIN; EPHRIN A 3; EPHRIN A 4; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL SIZE; DENDRITES; EPHRIN-A3; EPHRIN-B1; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RECEPTOR, EPHA4; RECEPTORS, EPH FAMILY; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037314984     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn994     Document Type: Article

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