Dysregulation of microtubule stability impairs morphofunctional connectivity in primary neuronal networks

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Verstraelen, Peter ^a   Detrez, Jan R ^a   Verschuuren, Marlies ^a   Kuijlaars, Jacobine ^b   Nuydens, Rony ^c   Timmermans, Jean Pierre ^a   De Vos, Winnok H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

High content microscopy; Live cell imaging; Microtubule; Neuronal network; P301L; Primary hippocampal neuron; Synapse; Tau aggregation

Indexed keywords

EPOTHILONE D; NOCODAZOLE; PACLITAXEL; TAU PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPOLYMERIZATION; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MAPT GENE; MICROTUBULE STABILITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEURITE DENSITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SYNAPSE DENSITY; SYNCHRONOUS CALCIUM BURSTING; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM;

EID: 85021443211     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2017.00173     Document Type: Article

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