Direct visualization of CaMKII at postsynaptic densities by electron microscopy tomography

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 520, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 4218-4225

  Fera, Andrea ^a   Dosemeci, Ayse ^a   Sousa, Alioscka A ^b   Yang, Charlotte ^a   Leapman, Richard D ^b   Reese, Thomas S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

CaMKII; Electron microscopy; Negative staining; Postsynaptic densities; Tomography

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DENDRITIC SPINE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; POST-SYNAPTIC DENSITY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 84867773390     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23151     Document Type: Article

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