The actin-binding protein profilin I is localized at synaptic sites in an activity-regulated manner

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-25

  Neuhoff, Henrike ^a   Sassoè Pognetto, Marco ^b   Panzanelli, Patrizia ^b   Maas, Christoph ^a   Witke, Walter ^c   Kneussel, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Actin; Activity dependent; Dendritic spine; Profilin; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; GEPHYRIN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROFILIN; PROFILIN I; PROFILIN II; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLARIZATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ALPHA CATENIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CELLS, CULTURED; CONTRACTILE PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DENDRITIC SPINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; PROFILINS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 13244278242     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2004.03814.x     Document Type: Article

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