Dendrites of cerebellar granule cells correctly recognize their target axons for synaptogenesis in vitro

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 31, 2009, Pages 12782-12787

  Ito, Shoko ^a,b   Takeichi, Masatoshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Neuronal recognition; Pontine axon; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM; CLIMBING FIBER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PONS ANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; CYTOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBELLUM; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DENDRITES; MICE; NEUROGENESIS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 69149097965     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906653106     Document Type: Article

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