Versican in the developing brain: Lamina-specific expression in interneuronal subsets and role in presynaptic maturation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 8457-8467

  Yamagata, Masahito ^a   Sanes, Joshua R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Lectican; Optic tectum; Proteoglycan; Synapse formation; Versican; VVA B 4

Indexed keywords

PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; VERSICAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CELL REGENERATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; INTERNEURON; NERVE INJURY; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; NEURONS; OPTIC NERVE; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; VERSICANS;

EID: 24944526539     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1976-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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