Structural plasticity: Mechanisms and contribution to developmental psychiatric disorders

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn 8, Issue November, 2014, Pages

  Bernardinelli, Yann ^a   Nikonenko, Irina ^a   Muller, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Dendritic spines; Excitatory synapses; Morphology; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC GMP; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; P21 ACTIVATED KINASE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3, 4, 5 TRISPHOSPHATE 3 PHOSPHATASE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; RHO GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASODILATOR STIMULATED PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ACTIN POLYMERIZATION; ASTROCYTE; AUTISM; BONE GROWTH; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EXCITATORY SYNAPSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSE;

EID: 84908702335     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2014.00123     Document Type: Review

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