Kalirin, a key player in synapse formation, is implicated in human diseases

Neural Plasticity

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mandela, Prashant ^a   Ma, Xin Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CELL PROTEIN; HUNTINGTIN; ISOPROTEIN; KALIRIN 7; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; KALRN PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL STRUCTURE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; EPILEPSY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IN VITRO STUDY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; NEURONS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84861091777     PISSN: 20905904     EISSN: 16875443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/728161     Document Type: Review

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