What axons tell each other: Axon-axon signaling in nerve and circuit assembly

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 974-982

  Wang, Liang ^a   Marquardt, Till ^a  

^a EUROPEAN NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; EPHRIN A2; EPHRIN A3; EPHRIN A4; EPHRIN A5; KIRREL 2; KIRREL 3; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SEMAPHORIN 3A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL INTERACTION; GROWTH CONE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MUSHROOM BODY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE TRACT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84887402037     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2013.08.004     Document Type: Review

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