Expression of Constitutively Active p21H-rasVal12 in Postmitotic Pyramidal Neurons Results in Increased Dendritic Size and Complexity

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-133

  Alpár, Alán ^a   Palm, Kirstin ^a   Schierwagen, Andreas ^a   Arendt, Thomas ^a   Gärtner, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cortex; Mouse; Neurotrophin; Small G proteins

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; P21H RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; MALE; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX;

EID: 0242268616     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.10915     Document Type: Article

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