Synaptic dynamism measured over minutes to months: Age-dependent decline in an autonomic ganglion

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 956-960

  Gan, Wen Biao ^a,b   Kwon, Elaine ^a,b   Feng, Guoping ^c   Sanes, Joshua R ^a   Lichtman, Jeff W ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC GANGLION; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; IMAGING; INTERNEURON; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GANGLIA, AUTONOMIC; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0041859314     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn1115     Document Type: Article

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