The intimate relationship of gonadotropin-releasing hormone neurons with the polysialylated neural cell adhesion molecule revisited across development and adult plasticity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2031-2041

  Franceschini, Isabelle ^a,b,c,d   Desroziers, Elodie ^a,b,c,d   Caraty, Alain ^a,b,c,d   Duittoz, Anne ^a,b,c,d  

^a UMR85 PHYSIOLOGIE DE LA REPRODUCTION ET DES COMPORTEMENTS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c Haras Nationaux   (France)

^d IFR135 Imagerie Fonctionnelle   (France)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Brain; Cell adhesion molecule; Olfactory

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALYLATED NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GONADORELIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

ANIMALS; CELL MOVEMENT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 78650007828     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07517.x     Document Type: Article

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