The neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) and its polysialylated form PSA-NCAM
contribute to many aspects of the development and plasticity of the central nervous system …

Repair and functional recovery after brain injury critically depends on structural and
functional plasticity of preserved neuronal networks. A striking feature of brain structures …

The extracellular matrix is a complex network of macromolecules including glycoproteins,
polysaccharides and proteoglycans. Tenascin-R and chondroitin sulfate proteoglycans are …

Although functional neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) form in NCAM-deficient mice, they
exhibit multiple alterations in presynaptic organization and function. Profound depression …

We have investigated the possibility that morphologically different excitatory glutamatergic
synapses of the “trisynaptic circuit” in the adult rodent hippocampus, which display different …

The suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) of the hypothalamus is the site of the pacemaker that
controls circadian rhythms of a variety of physiological functions. Data strongly indicate the …

Excitotoxic glutamate CNS stimulation can result in neuronal cell death. Contributing
mechanisms and markers of cell death are the activation of caspase-3 and DNA …

We demonstrated previously in the quail ciliary ganglion, that the immunoreactivity for the
neural cell adhesion molecule labeling the postsynaptic specializations of intraganglionic …

In our study, we showed that distribution of NCAM along the surface of actively growing in
vitro neurites of murine hippocampal neurons comprises at least two components. The first …

Cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) such as neural CAM and L1 have been shown to play
important roles in contact-dependent axon guidance events during brain development …