The ca 2+ and rho gtpase signaling pathways underlying activity-dependent actin remodeling at dendritic spines

Cytoskeleton

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 545-554

  Saneyoshi, Takeo ^a   Hayashi, Yasunori ^a,b  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Actin; CaM kinases; Dendritic spines; Long term potentiation; Rho GTPases; Structural plasticity

Indexed keywords

1 (1 ADAMANTYLMETHYLAMMONIO) 5 TRIMETHYLAMMONIOPENTANE DIBROMIDE; 4 (1 AMINOETHYL) N (4 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; ACTIN; CALCIUM ION; CALMODULIN; COFILIN; F ACTIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; H1152; LATRUNCULIN A; MYOSIN II; MYOSIN V; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; RHO KINASE; RHO KINASE INHIBITOR; STO 609; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CALCIUM;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ACTIN REMODELING; DENDRITIC SPINE; FLUORESCENCE RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CALCIUM SIGNALING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; RHO GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84865330853     PISSN: 19493584     EISSN: 19493592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21037     Document Type: Review

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