Synaptogenesis: New Roles for an Old Player

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 24, 2009, Pages

  Procko, Carl ^a   Shaham, Shai ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THROMBOSPONDIN;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; SHORT SURVEY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOSOME;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MORPHOGENESIS; NEURONS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SYNAPSES; THROMBOSPONDINS;

EID: 72449140107     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.10.064     Document Type: Short Survey

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