Live imaging of inhibitory axons: Synapse formation as a dynamic trial-and-error process

Brain Research Bulletin

Volumn 129, Issue , 2017, Pages 43-49

  Wierenga, Corette J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Live imaging; Presynaptic boutons; Synapse formation

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

AXON; BRAIN SLICE; DYNAMICS; LIVE IMAGING; MATURATION; NERVE FIBER TRANSPORT; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPSE VESICLE; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; NEURAL INHIBITION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84992317648     PISSN: 03619230     EISSN: 18732747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2016.09.018     Document Type: Review

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