Role of nitric oxide in cerebellar development and function: Focus on granule neurons

Cerebellum

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 50-61

  Contestabile, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cerebellar granule neurons; cGMP signaling; Glial cell interactions; Neurogenesis; Nitric oxide; Survival and differentiation; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; NITRIC OXIDE;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLAR DEVELOPMENT; CEREBELLAR FUNCTION; CEREBELLAR GRANULE NEURON; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MICROGLIA; MOTOR CONTROL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLAR CORTEX; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE;

EID: 84858997493     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-010-0234-1     Document Type: Review

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