How it's made: The synapse

Molecular Interventions

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 282-292

  Bury, Luke A D ^a   Sabo, Shasta L ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALMODULIN; KINESIN 1; RAB PROTEIN; SYNTENIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AUTISM; BRAIN INJURY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPILEPSY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MICROTUBULE ASSEMBLY; MITOCHONDRION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FIBER; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 78149480414     PISSN: 15340384     EISSN: 15432548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/mi.10.5.5     Document Type: Review

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