Actin filaments and microtubules in dendritic spines

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-164

  Shirao, Tomoaki ^a   González Billault, Christian ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

actin; dendritic spine; microtubules; synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTOR; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2; ACTIN RELATED PROTEIN 2-3 COMPLEX; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COFILIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; DREBRIN; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; IQ MOTIF CONTAINING GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN 1; LIM KINASE 1; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 1; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MYOSIN II; NEURAL WISKOTT ALDRICH SYNDROME PROTEIN; NEUREXIN; NEUROLIGIN; OLIGOPHRENIN 1; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 1; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE 3; RAC1 PROTEIN; RHOA GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; CELL STRUCTURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITIC SPINE; DOWN SYNDROME; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MICROTUBULE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME;

ACTIN; DENDRITIC SPINE; MICROTUBULES; SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY;

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ANIMALS; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; MICROTUBULES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84879978794     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnc.12313     Document Type: Review

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