Deletion of α-neurexins does not cause a major impairment of axonal pathfinding or synapse formation

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 502, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 261-274

  Budanova, Irina ^a,b   Tabuchi, Katsuhiko ^c   Rohlmann, Astrib ^a,b   Südhof, Thomas C ^c   Missler, Markus ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; Dendritic architecture; Electron microscopy; Knockout mice; Neurotransmission; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA NEUREXIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GOLGI COMPLEX; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NEOCORTEX; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPIL; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; NEUROTOXINS; OLFACTORY BULB; SILVER STAINING; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34247116555     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21305     Document Type: Article

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