Mechanisms of dendritic maturation

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 303-320

  Libersat, Frederic ^a   Duch, Carsten ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CNS development; Dendrite; Growth; Neuronal structure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; ECDYSTEROID; ESTRADIOL; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR ANTIBODY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; STEROID HORMONE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL; HORMONE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

ACTION POTENTIAL; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL MATURATION; CYTOARCHITECTURE; CYTOMETRY; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC REGULATION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INSECT; MAMMAL; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HORMONES; HUMANS; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 4444269422     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/MN:29:3:303     Document Type: Review

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