Molecular mechanisms of activity-dependent changes in dendritic morphology: Role of RGK proteins

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 399-407

  Ghiretti, Amy E ^a   Paradis, Suzanne ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity; Dendrite; Plasticity; RGK

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE I; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE IV; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; NEUROGENIC DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN CREST; PROTEIN GEM; PROTEIN KIR; PROTEIN RAD; PROTEIN REM; PROTEIN REM2; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; MONOMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

CANDIDATE PLASTICITY GENE 15; CELL STRUCTURE; DENDRITE; GENE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84903486530     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2014.05.003     Document Type: Review

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