RhoA and its role in synaptic structural plasticity of isolated salamander photoreceptors

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4177-4187

  Fontainhas, Aurora M ^a,c   Townes Anderson, Ellen ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ANTIBODY; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NERVE SPROUTING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA NERVE CELL; RETINA ROD; SALAMANDER; VARICOSIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; AMBYSTOMA; ANIMAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA; SYNAPSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AMBYSTOMA; ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHOTORECEPTORS; RETINA; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SYNAPSES;

EID: 53149088203     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1580     Document Type: Article

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