Molecular and cellular control of dendrite maturation during brain development

Current Molecular Pharmacology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Metzger, F ^a  

^a F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Activity dependent; Dendrite plasticity; Dendritic growth; Neurotrophins; Synapse pruning

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM ION; GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; DENDRITE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPINAL CORD MOTONEURON; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOTONEURON; MOUSE; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DENDRITES; GLUTAMIC ACID; MICE; MOTOR NEURONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; PURKINJE CELLS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77953425174     PISSN: 18744672     EISSN: 18744702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874467211003010001     Document Type: Article

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