Evidence for altered Fragile-X mental retardation protein expression in response to behavioral stimulation

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 87-93

  Irwin, Scott A ^a   Swain, Rodney A ^b   Christmon, Chariya A ^a   Chakravarti, Aparna ^a   Weiler, Ivan Jeanne ^a   Greenough, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex environment; Dendritic spines; Enriched environment; Fragile X mental retardation protein (FMRP); Fragile X syndrome; Motor learning; Protein synthesis; Rat; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; ENVIRONMENT; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; LONG EVANS RAT; MOTOR CORTEX; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0034222555     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/nlme.1999.3914     Document Type: Article

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