Synapse formation and plasticity: The roles of local protein synthesis

Neuroscientist

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 228-237

  Wiersma Meems, Ryanne ^a   Van Minnen, Jan ^b   Syed, Naweed I ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Local protein synthesis; Neurodevelopment; Synapse formation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION PROCESSING; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEINS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 18844405429     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858404274110     Document Type: Review

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