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Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology
Vol. 23: 375-404 (Volume publication date November 2007)
(doi:10.1146/annurev.cellbio.23.090506.123221)
First published online as a Review in Advance on June 20, 2007
Calcium Signaling in Neuronal Motility

James Q. Zheng1 and Mu-ming Poo2
1Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854; email:
2Division of Neuroscience, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720; email:

Neuronal motility is a fundamental feature that underlies the development, regeneration, and plasticity of the nervous system. Two major developmental events—directed migration of neuronal precursor cells to the proper positions and guided elongation of axons to their target cells—depend on large-scale neuronal motility. At a finer scale, motility is also manifested in many aspects of neuronal structures and functions, ranging from differentiation and refinement of axonal and dendritic morphology during development to synapse remodeling associated with learning and memory in the adult brain. As a primary second messenger that conveys the cytoplasmic actions of electrical activity and many neuroactive ligands, Ca2+ plays a central role in the regulation of neuronal motility. Recent studies have revealed common Ca2+-dependent signaling pathways that are deployed for regulating cytoskeletal dynamics associated with neuronal migration, axon and dendrite development and regeneration, and synaptic plasticity.

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James Q. Zheng
Mu-ming Poo
Keywords:
growth cone
axon guidance
regeneration
migration
synaptogenesis
synaptic plasticity

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