Activation of NMDA and muscarinic receptors induces nur-77 mRNA in hippocampal neurons

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 349-356

  Dragunow, Michael ^a   Abraham, Wickliffe ^b   Hughes, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Glutamate; Immediate early gene; Long term potentiation; Memory; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0029919646     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-328X(95)00294-3     Document Type: Article

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