Role of RhoA in activity-dependent cortical axon branching

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 37, 2008, Pages 9117-9121

  Ohnami, Soichiro ^a,c   Endo, Mitsuharu ^b   Hirai, Satoshi ^a   Uesaka, Naofumi ^a,d   Hatanaka, Yumiko ^a,e   Yamashita, Toshihide ^b   Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SHIONOGI AND CO LTD   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Branch formation; Cerebral cortex; Cytoskeleton; Organotypic culture; RhoA

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; AMIDE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; PHOTOPROTEIN; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TETRODOTOXIN; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROPORATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEWBORN; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

AMIDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXONS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPORATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NEURONS; OCCIPITAL LOBE; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PYRIDINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RHOA GTP-BINDING PROTEIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 55249099410     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1731-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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