Cell-cell signaling during synapse formation in the CNS

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue , 2003, Pages 485-508

  Scheiffele, Peter ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Axon; Dendrite; Development; Target recognition

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; NEUREXIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; POLYSIALIC ACID; SEMAPHORIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADAPTATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ADHESION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; SEMAPHORINS; SIALIC ACIDS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0038071095     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.26.043002.094940     Document Type: Review

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