Dynamic aspects of CNS synapse formation

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue , 2007, Pages 425-450

  McAllister, A Kimberley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon; Cell adhesion; Dendrite; Development; Glutamate receptors; Vesicle trafficking

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID;

AUTISM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GLUTAMIC ACID; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES;

EID: 34547701950     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.29.051605.112830     Document Type: Review

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