Constitutive expression of p21H-rasVal12 in pyramidal neurons results in reorganization of mouse neocortical afferents

Journal of Neurobiology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 263-274

  Alpár, Alán ^a   Gärtner, Ulrich ^a   Seeger, Gudrun ^a   Härtig, Wolfgang ^a   Brauer, Kurt ^a   Arendt, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axonal varicosities; Multiple synaptic bodies; Neocortical afferents; p21ras; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P21;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINERGIC SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; VARICOSIS;

AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANIMALS; BIOTIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL COUNT; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DEXTRANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOCORTEX; ONCOGENE PROTEIN P21(RAS); PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; SILVER STAINING; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 1; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 2342667021     PISSN: 00223034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/neu.20019     Document Type: Article

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