Spontaneous calcium transients in developing cortical neurons regulate axon outgrowth

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 927-936

  Tang, Fangjun ^a   Dent, Erik W ^a,b   Kalil, Katherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon branching; Axon guidance; Calcium transients; Cortical development; Growth cone; L type calcium channels

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GROWTH CONE; INCIDENCE; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

EID: 0037319274     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-03-00927.2003     Document Type: Article

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