Molecular mechanisms of dendritic spine development and maintenance

Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 289-304

  Sala, Carlo ^a   Cambianica, Ilaria ^a   Rossi, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Excitatory synapses; Long term depression; Long term potentiation; Mental retardation; Postsynaptic density

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN;

BONE DEVELOPMENT; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES;

EID: 45749083019     PISSN: 00651400     EISSN: 00651400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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