Synapses between NG2 glia and neurons

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 2-7

  Sakry, Dominik ^a   Karram, Khalad ^a   Trotter, Jacqueline ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Myelination; Neuron; NG2; Oligodendrocyte precursor cells; Synapse

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALPHA AMINO 3 HYDROXY 5 METHYL 4 ISOXAZOLEPROPIONIC ACID; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MYELIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR COACTIVATOR 2; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ASTROCYTE; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GLIA; GLIOMA; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LEUKODYSTROPHY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MUTATION; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NG2 GLIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGODENDROGLIA; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL; SYNAPSE; WHITE MATTER;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS; CELL COMMUNICATION; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; STEM CELLS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 79958211810     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01359.x     Document Type: Review

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