Cell-autonomous TrkB signaling in presynaptic retinal ganglion cells mediates axon arbor growth and synapse maturation during the establishment of retinotectal synaptic connectivity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2444-2456

  Marshak, Sonya ^a   Nikolakopoulou, Angeliki Maria ^a   Dirks, Ron ^b   Martens, Gerard J ^b   Cohen Cory, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Axon; in vivo imaging; Synapse; Tectal neuron; Transgenic; Xenopus laevis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH CONE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NERVE CELL; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE FIBER DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; FEMALE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LARVA; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPERIOR COLLICULUS; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION; VISUAL PATHWAYS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33847791411     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4434-06.2007     Document Type: Article

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