The Role of Neural Activity in Cortical Axon Branching

The Neuroscientist

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 102-106

  Uesaka, Naofumi ^a   Ruthazer, Edward S ^a,b   Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axonal branching; Cerebral cortex; Development; Glutamate receptors; Neural activity; Organotypic culture

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE FIBER; NERVE TRACT; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RECEPTORS, GLUTAMATE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33646708271     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073858405281673     Document Type: Article

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