Stabilization of axon branch dynamics by synaptic maturation

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2006, Pages 3594-3603

  Ruthazer, Edward S ^a,b   Li, Jianli ^a   Cline, Hollis T ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axon arbor plasticity; In vivo imaging; Retinotectal; Synapse maturation; Synaptogenesis; Xenopus

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSOL; DYNAMICS; NERVE FIBER; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; SYNAPTOSOME; TADPOLE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL STIMULATION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33645450007     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0069-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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