Sending signals from the synapse to the nucleus: Possible roles for CaMK, Ras/ERK, and SAPK pathways in the regulation of synaptic plasticity and neuronal growth

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-95

  Curtis, Jessica ^a,b   Finkbeiner, Steven ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium; CaMKs; JNK p38; Neurotrophins; Ras ERK

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROTROPHIN; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN); RAS PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL SURVIVAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL GROWTH; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL NUCLEUS; HUMANS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PROTEIN KINASES; RAS PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 0033214686     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(19991001)58:1<88::AID-JNR9>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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