Target-dependent regulation of neurotransmitter specification and embryonic neuronal calcium spike activity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 5792-5801

  Xiao, Qian ^a   Xu, Lin ^a   Spitzer, Nicholas C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; INCIDENCE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBER CULTURE; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPIKE WAVE; SPINAL CORD NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; MYOBLASTS; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 77951587530     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5659-09.2010     Document Type: Article

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