Neurexin controls plasticity of a mature, sexually dimorphic neuron

Nature

Volumn 553, Issue 7687, 2018, Pages 165-170

  Hart, Michael P ^a   Hobert, Oliver ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ACETYLCHOLINE; CHANNELRHODOPSIN; CHLORIDE CHANNEL; HISTAMINE; NEUREXIN; NEUREXIN 1; NEUROLIGIN 1; RHODOPSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NRX-1 PROTEIN, C ELEGANS;

AMINO ACID; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOMANIPULATION; BRAIN; MATING BEHAVIOR; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL CONNECTIVITY; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENDER IDENTITY; HERMAPHRODITE; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; MALE; MATING; MORPHOLOGICAL PLASTICITY; MOTONEURON; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURITE OUTGROWTH; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALLY DIMORPHIC NEURON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEURITE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; GABAERGIC NEURONS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; MALE; NEURITES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPSES;

EID: 85040442724     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature25192     Document Type: Article

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