From acquisition to consolidation: On the role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor signaling in hippocampal-dependent learning

Learning and Memory

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 224-237

  Tyler, William J ^a   Alonso, Mariana ^b   Bramham, Clive R ^c   Pozzo Miller, Lucas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; EXPERIENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECALL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); HIPPOCAMPUS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036742611     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.51202     Document Type: Review

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