Involvement of PGC-1α in the formation and maintenance of neuronal dendritic spines

Involvement of PGC-1α in the formation and maintenance of neuronal dendritic spines. Aiwu Cheng, Ruiqian Wan, Jenq-Lin Yang, Naomi Kamimura, Tae Gen Son, Xin Ouyang, Yongquan Luo, Eitan Okun & Mark P. Mattson. Nature Communications 3, Article number: 1250; doi:10.1038/ncomms2238

Keywords: synapses, neuronal circuits, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ co-activator 1α, mitochondrial biogenesis, dendritic spines, hippocampal neurons, dendritic spines.