Nanoscale analysis of structural synaptic plasticity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-382

  Bourne, Jennifer N ^a   Harris, Kristen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN SLICE; CELL ORGANELLE; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXPERIENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MACROGLIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POLYSOME; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOOTH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84863446250     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2011.10.019     Document Type: Review

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