Exploration of a novel environment leads to the expression of inducible transcription factors in barrel-related columns

Neuroscience

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 7-16

  Staiger, J F ^a   Bisler, S ^a   Schleicher, A ^a   Gass, P ^b   Stehle, J H ^c   Zilles, K ^a,d  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

c Fos; Enriched environment; ICER; Immunocytochemistry; Somatosensory cortex; Stimulus transcription coupling

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN C FOS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MECHANICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 0034718185     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(00)00166-4     Document Type: Article

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