Orchestrating neuronal differentiation: Patterns of Ca2+ spikes specify transmitter choice

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 415-421

  Spitzer, Nicholas C ^a   Root, Cory M ^a   Borodinsky, Laura N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; CALCIUM ION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL FATE; DEPOLARIZATION; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NEURAL TUBE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; XENOPUS;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS;

EID: 3042544177     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2004.05.003     Document Type: Review

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