Agrin mediates a rapid switch from electrical coupling to chemical neurotransmission during synaptogenesis

Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 503-514

  Martin, Agnès O ^a,b   Alonso, Gérard ^a   Guérineau, Nathalie C ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE GÉNOMIQUE FONCTIONNELLE   (France)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRIN; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLINERGIC SYNAPSE; CHROMAFFIN CELL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 18844396417     PISSN: 00219525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200411054     Document Type: Article

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