SynCAMs extend their functions beyond the synapse

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1752-1760

  Frei, Jeannine A ^a   Stoeckli, Esther T ^a  

^a Neuroscience Center Zurich   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Neural circuits; Synaptic plasticity; Synaptic proteins; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SYNAPTIC CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BINDING AFFINITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MYELIN SHEATH; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MYELIN SHEATH; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84901690368     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12544     Document Type: Article

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