Neural activity and immediate early gene expression in the cerebral cortex

Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-50

  Kaufmann, Walter E ^a,b   Worley, Paul F ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral cortex; Immediate early gene; Mental retardation; Plasticity; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADAPTATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAIN CORTEX; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LEARNING; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0033062074     PISSN: 10804013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1999)5:1<41::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Review

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