Genetics and cell biology of building specific synaptic connectivity

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue , 2010, Pages 473-507

  Shen, Kang ^a   Scheiffele, Peter ^b  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

guidepost cell; recognition; synapse elimination; trans synaptic signaling

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LAMININ; LAMININ BETA 2; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WNT1 PROTEIN;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL JUNCTION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBELLUM; CYTOLOGY; DROSOPHILA; GENETICS; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEUROGENESIS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77955433630     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: 15454126     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.051508.135302     Document Type: Review

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