Of microtubules and memory: Implications for microtubule dynamics in dendrites and spines

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1-8

  Dent, Erik W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; TUBULIN;

CELL DIVISION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITE; DENDRITIC SPINE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MARKOV CHAIN; MEMORY; MICROTUBULE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINE; ANIMAL; AXON; CYTOSKELETON; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETON; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; HUMANS; MEMORY; MICROTUBULES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; POLYMERIZATION; SYNAPSES; TUBULIN;

EID: 85008178956     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: 19394586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E15-11-0769     Document Type: Review

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