Is fragile X mental retardation protein involved in activity-induced plasticity of dendritic spines?

Brain Research

Volumn 972, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 9-15

  Segal, Menahem ^a   Kreher, Ute ^b,c   Greenberger, Varda ^a   Braun, Katharina ^b,c  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; FMR1 mouse; Hippocampus; Mental retardation; Quantitative morphology

Indexed keywords

BICUCULLINE; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WILD TYPE;

EID: 0242586075     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(03)02410-7     Document Type: Article

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