Dendritic spines of developing rat cortical neurons in culture

Chinese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-45

  Huang, Zu Han ^b   Wu, Han Jay ^b   Yeh, Chia Chen ^b   Chou, Yun Chia ^a   Chang, Yen Chung ^b  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dendritic spine; Filopodium; Synatogenesis

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; FILOPODIUM; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROFILAMENT; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; STAINING; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DENDRITIC SPINES; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEURONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 33747612398     PISSN: 03044920     EISSN: 26660059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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