Long-term potentiation in perforant path/granule cell synapses is associated with a post-synaptic induction of proenkephalin gene expression

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 227, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-208

  Roberts, L A ^a   Large, C H ^b   O'Shaughnessy, C T ^b   Morris, B J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Enkephalins; Gene expression; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENKEPHALINS; GENE EXPRESSION; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0030909079     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00349-2     Document Type: Article

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