The MAPK cascade is required for mammalian associative learning

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 602-609

  Atkins, Coleen M ^a   Selcher, Joel C ^a   Petraitis, Joseph J ^b   Trzaskos, James M ^c   Sweatt, J David ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Department of Biological Chemical and Physical Sciences   (United States)

^c DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE;

EID: 0032198366     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/2836     Document Type: Article

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