Illuminating the multifaceted roles of neurotransmission in shaping neuronal circuitry

Neuron

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1303-1318

  Okawa, Haruhisa ^a   Hoon, Mrinalini ^a   Yoshimatsu, Takeshi ^a   Santina, Luca Della ^a,b   Wong, Rachel O L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL SHAPE; CELLS BY BODY ANATOMY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; RETINA DISEASE; RETINAL SYNAPSE; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE; STEREOTYPY; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; ANIMAL; NERVE CELL; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; NEURONS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84916941074     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.08.029     Document Type: Review

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