WNT signalling in neuronal maturation and synaptogenesis

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUNE, 2013, Pages

  Rosso, Silvana B ^a   Inestrosa, Nibaldo C ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Dendrite; Neuronal development; Synapses; Wnt factors

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E4; BETA CATENIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR; DICKKOPF 1 PROTEIN; DISHEVELLED PROTEIN; FRIZZLED PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NOTCH1 RECEPTOR; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR ALPHA; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PRESENILIN 1; PROTEIN KINASE C; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SYNAPSIN I; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOTAGMIN; WNT PROTEIN; WNT3A PROTEIN; WNT5A PROTEIN; WNT7A PROTEIN; WNT7B PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE VESICLE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84879153349     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00103     Document Type: Review

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