Activity-Driven Sharpening of the Retinotectal Projection: The Search for Retrograde Synaptic Signaling Pathways

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 114-133

  Schmidt, John T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Arachidonic acid; BDNF; GAP43; N cadherin; Neurexins; Neuroligin; Nitric oxide; NMDA receptor; Phospholipase C; Protein kinase C; Retinotopic map; Synaptic plasticity; SynCAM

Indexed keywords

ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; EPHRIN; F ACTIN; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; NEUROMODULIN; NEUROTROPHIN; NITRIC OXIDE; PROTEIN KINASE C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH STIMULATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; RETROGRADE AMNESIA; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISION;

ANIMALS; ARACHIDONIC ACID; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOSKELETON; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NITRIC OXIDE; RETINA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 1642278330     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.10343     Document Type: Review

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