Shaping brain connections through spontaneous neural activity

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1595-1604

  Yamamoto, Nobuhiko ^a   López Bendito, Guillermina ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROCIENCIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Activity dependent transcription; Axon guidance; Growth cone; Spontaneous activity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM ION; GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ROBO1 RECEPTOR; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; BRANCHING MORPHOGENESIS; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CATION TRANSPORT; CELL ADHESION; ELECTRIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH CONE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL CIRCUIT FORMATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NERVE NET; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS;

EID: 84862067320     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08101.x     Document Type: Article

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