A novel approach reveals temporal patterns of synaptogenesis between the isolated growth cones of Lymnaea neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1442-1451

  Luk, Collin C ^a   Schmold, Nichole M ^a   Lee, Thomas K M ^a   Syed, Naweed I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Growth balls; Growth cones; Lymnaea stagnalis; Neurodevelopment; Synapse formation; Synapse specificity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; BETA TUBULIN; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GROWTH CONE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LYMNAEA; LYMNAEA STAGNALIS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH CONES; LYMNAEA; NEURONS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78149236828     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07428.x     Document Type: Article

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