Synaptic plasticity, a symphony in GEF

ACS Chemical Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 348-365

  Kiraly, Drew D ^a   Eipper Mains, Jodi E ^a   Mains, Richard E ^a   Eipper, Betty A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Actin filament; Dendritic spine; Post synaptic density; Rac1; RhoA; RhoGTPase

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77953306269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487193     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cn100012x     Document Type: Review

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