Mechanisms of synapse assembly and disassembly

Neuron

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 243-264

  Goda, Yukiko ^a   Davis, Graeme W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ACTIVITY; CELL ADHESION; CELL TRANSPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; DENDRITIC CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DROSOPHILA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FILOPODIUM; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; PLASTICITY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 0141953236     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0896-6273(03)00608-1     Document Type: Review

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