Inhibition of activity-dependent arc protein expression in the rat hippocampus impairs the maintenance of long-term potentiation and the consolidation of long-term memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 3993-4001

  Guzowski, John F ^a,c   Lyford, Gregory L ^b   Stevenson, Gail D ^c   Houston, Frank P ^c   McGaugh, James L ^a   Worley, Paul F ^b   Barnes, Carol A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene; Hippocampus; Immediate early; Long term memory; Long term potentiation; Neuron; Oligodeoxynucleotide; Spatial memory; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RNA SYNTHESIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY;

EID: 0034213297     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-11-03993.2000     Document Type: Article

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