Blurring the boundaries: Developmental and activity-dependent determinants of neural circuits

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 610-619

  Wolfram, Verena ^a   Baines, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE; GLUTAMIC ACID; ION CHANNEL; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX3; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONNECTOME; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE CASSETTE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE FIBER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR SYNAPSE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; T CELL LEUKEMIA; XENOPUS; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HUMANS; NERVE NET; NEURONS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84884812425     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.06.006     Document Type: Review

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