Regulation of transcription factors by neuronal activity

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 921-931

  West, Anne E ^a   Griffith, Eric C ^a   Greenberg, Michael E ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0036884163     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn987     Document Type: Article

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