Axon retraction and degeneration in development and disease

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue , 2005, Pages 127-156

  Luo, Liqun ^a   O'Leary, Dennis D M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon elimination; Cytoskeletal signaling; Neurodegenerative diseases; Rho GTPases; Visual system development; Wallerian degeneration

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CYTOSKELETON; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; MUSHROOM BODIES; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; WALLERIAN DEGENERATION;

EID: 23244436227     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.28.061604.135632     Document Type: Review

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