Synaptic remodeling of neuronal circuits in early retinal degeneration

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Soto, Florentina ^a   Kerschensteiner, Daniel ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Circuit remodeling; Developmental plasticity; Lamination; Mosaic; Retina

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 1; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR 2; PHOSPHODIESTERASE VI;

CONNECTOME; GENE MUTATION; HYPERACTIVITY; MOSAICISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEURITE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

EID: 84944459236     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2015.00395     Document Type: Review

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