Kalirin, a Multifunctional Rho Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factor, Is Necessary for Maintenance of Hippocampal Pyramidal Neuron Dendrites and Dendritic Spines

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 33, 2003, Pages 10593-10603

  Ma, Xin Ming ^a   Huang, Jianping ^a   Wang, Yanping ^a   Eipper, Betty A ^a   Mains, Richard E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisense; Dendrite; Guanine nucleotide exchange; Hippocampus; Kalirin; Spine

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; KALIRIN; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0345305679     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-33-10593.2003     Document Type: Article

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