Enhanced Ras activity in pyramidal neurons induces cellular hypertrophy and changes in afferent and intrinsic connectivity in synRas mice

International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 165-173

  Gärtner, Ulrich ^a   Alpár, Alán ^a   Seeger, Gudrun ^a   Heumann, Rolf ^b   Arendt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intrinsic; Neurons; Pyramidal

Indexed keywords

RAS PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EFFERENT NERVE; INTERNEURON; MORPHOLOGICAL ADAPTATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SENSORY NERVE CELL; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; HYPERTROPHY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEOCORTEX; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS P21(RAS); PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RAS PROTEINS;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2342576779     PISSN: 07365748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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