N-cadherin transsynaptically regulates short-term plasticity at glutamatergic synapses in embryonic stem cell-derived neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 26, 2006, Pages 6968-6978

  Jüngling, Kay ^a,f   Eulenburg, Volker ^b   Moore, Robert ^c   Kemler, Rolf ^c   Lessmann, Volkmar ^d   Gottmann, Kurt ^a,e,f  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOBIOLOGY AND EPIGENETICS   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

^f HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadherins; ES cell derived neurons; Facilitation; Retrograde regulation; Synaptic adhesion molecules; Synaptic depression

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CADHERIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; FM 4 64; FM 4-64; GLUTAMIC ACID; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; SUCROSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; EXOCYTOSIS; GENE DELETION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; INHIBITORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMBRYO; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING; STEM CELL; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TIME;

ANIMALS; CADHERINS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EMBRYO; EXOCYTOSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; STAINING AND LABELING; STEM CELLS; SUCROSE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33745959647     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1013-06.2006     Document Type: Article

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