Activin increases the number of synaptic contacts and the length of dendritic spine necks by modulating spinal actin dynamics

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 120, Issue 21, 2007, Pages 3830-3837

  Shoji Kasai, Yoko ^a   Ageta, Hiroshi ^a   Hasegawa, Yoshihisa ^b   Tsuchida, Kunihiro ^c,f   Sugino, Hiromu ^c,g   Inokuchi, Kaoru ^a,d,e  

^a MITSUBISHI KAGAKU INSTITUTE OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^d YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^f FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Morphology; Spine

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; F ACTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ACTINS; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEURONS; RATS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 36549066646     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.012450     Document Type: Article

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