Synaptic activity controls dendritic spine morphology by modulating eEF2-dependent BDNF synthesis

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5830-5842

  Verpelli, Chiara ^a   Piccoli, Giovanni ^a   Zibetti, Cristina ^a   Zanchi, Alice ^a   Gardoni, Fabrizio ^a   Huang, Kun ^b   Brambilla, Dario ^a   Di Luca, Monica ^a   Sala, Carlo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR; ELONGATION FACTOR 2; EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77951657557     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0119-10.2010     Document Type: Article

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