Mechanisms of vertebrate synaptogenesis

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue , 2005, Pages 251-274

  Waites, Clarissa L ^a   Craig, Ann Marie ^b   Garner, Craig C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Active zone; Cytoskeleton; Membrane trafficking; Postsynaptic density; Synapse

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN MATURATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 23244434665     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.27.070203.144336     Document Type: Review

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