Increased dendritic complexity and axonal length in cultured mouse cortical neurons overexpressing methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 19, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 18-27

  Jugloff, Denis G M ^a,b   Jung, Benjamin P ^a,b,c   Purushotham, Diana ^a   Logan, Richard ^a   Eubanks, James H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon; Dendrite; Methyl DNA binding factor; Morphology; Neuronal culture; Rett syndrome; Transient overexpression

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MORPHOLOGY; MOUSE; NERVE GROWTH; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 17444365101     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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