title: Cilia: conductors' batons of neuronal maturation.
abstract: The primary cilium, a signal transduction organelle, is present on the cell bodies of adult-born dentate gyrus granule cells as they begin maturation. In its absence, their maturation and integration are impaired.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Neuroscience, University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
authors.forename: Fadel
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tissir
authors.forename: Andre M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Goffinet
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002923:Cilia / Q000502:physiology*; D003712:Dendrites / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D018698:Glutamic Acid / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D055495:Neurogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D013569:Synapses / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018698:Glutamic Acid