N-Cadherin, Spine Dynamics, and Synaptic Function

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-175

  Mysore, Shreesh P ^a   Tai, Chin Yin ^b   Schuman, Erin M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

hippocampus; measurement noise; N cadherin; spine dynamics; structural constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 72949102493     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/neuro.01.035.2008     Document Type: Review

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