Kalirin-7: Linking spine plasticity and behavior

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 5367-5369

  Sommer, Julia E ^a,b   Budreck, Elaine C ^a,b  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; CELL PROTEIN; EPHRIN B1; KALIRIN 7; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PROTEIN CDC42; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; BEHAVIOR; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 65649106873     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0235-09.2009     Document Type: Note

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