Growth factors in synaptic function

Frontiers in Synaptic Neuroscience

Volumn 5, Issue SEP, 2013, Pages

  Poon, Vivian Y ^a   Choi, Sojoong ^b   Park, Mikyoung ^b,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Netrin; Synaptic transmission and plasticity; Synaptogenesis; Tgf ; Tnf ; Wnt

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; NETRIN; NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; WNT PROTEIN;

DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; HUMAN; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84892740447     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16633563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnsyn.2013.00006     Document Type: Review

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