Synaptic maturation of the Xenopus retinotectal system: Effects of brain-derived neurotrophic factor on synapse ultrastructure

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 518, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 972-989

  Nikolakopoulou, Angeliki Maria ^a   Meynard, Margarita M ^a   Marshak, Sonya ^a   Cohen Cory, Susana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Immunoelectron microscopy; Retinal ganglion cells; TrkB; Xenopus laevis; YFP

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; YELLOW FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; FEMALE; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TECTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINOTECTAL PROJECTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TADPOLE; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AXONS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENDRITES; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARVA; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77949377760     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22258     Document Type: Article

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