Role of drebrin A in dendritic spine plasticity and synaptic function

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-270

  Ivanov, Anton ^a   Esclapez, Monique ^a   Ferhat, Lotfi ^b  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b Mediterranée University   (France)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Dendritic spine; Drebrin A; Excitatory inhibitory balance; GABAergic synapse; Glutamatergic synapse; Hippocampal neurons; Neurological disorders; Spine plasticity; Synaptic transmission

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953704732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.2.3.8166     Document Type: Article

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