The active zone T-bar - A plasticity module?

Journal of Neurogenetics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 133-145

  Wichmann, Carolin ^a   Sigrist, Stephan J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

active zone; Bruchpilot; Drosophila; structure function; T bar; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; PROTEIN BASSOON; PROTEIN BRUCHPILOT; PROTEIN PICCOLO; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIVE TRANSPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENSE BODY; DROSOPHILA; ENDOCYTOSIS; EXOCYTOSIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BODY PATTERNING; CALCIUM CHANNELS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 77956306006     PISSN: 01677063     EISSN: 15635260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01677063.2010.489626     Document Type: Review

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