Signaling mechanisms of axon guidance and early synaptogenesis

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 16, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-48

  Robichaux, Michael A ^a,b   Cowan, Christopher W ^a  

^a MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Cytoskeleton; Filopodia; Growth cone; Rho GTPase; Spine; Synaptogenesis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; EPHRIN; EPHRIN RECEPTOR B2; F ACTIN; FOCAL ADHESION KINASE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE L1; NEUROPILIN 2; PLEXIN; PLEXIN A1; PROTEIN CDC42; PROTEIN PATCHED; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; RECEPTOR LIKE TYROSINE KINASE; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ROUNDABOUT RECEPTOR; SEMAPHORIN; SEMAPHORIN 3A; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN; TUBULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSLATION; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOSKELETON; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; HUMANS; NEUROGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84905126503     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2013_255     Document Type: Article

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