Structural basis for developmentally regulated changes in cadherin function at synapses

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 495, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 324-335

  Elste, Alice M ^a   Benson, Deanna L ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Box 1065 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Classic cadherins; Electron microscopy; EM; Excitatory synapses; Synapse maturation; Synapse ultrastructure; Synaptic cleft; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CADHERIN; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELLS, CULTURED; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 33144455179     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20876     Document Type: Article

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