SynGAP regulates ERK/MAPK signaling, synaptic plasticity, and learning in the complex with postsynaptic density 95 and NMDA receptor

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 9721-9732

  Komiyama, Noboru H ^a   Watabe, Ayako M ^b   Carlisle, Holly J ^b   Porter, Karen ^a   Charlesworth, Paul ^a   Monti, Jennifer ^a   Strathdee, Douglas J C ^a   O'Carroll, Colin M ^a   Martin, Stephen J ^a   Morris, Richard G M ^a   O'Dell, Thomas J ^b   Grant, Seth G N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

H Ras; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; PSD 95; Spatial learning; SynGAP

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE ACTIVATING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN SYNGAP; RAS PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0037111835     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.22-22-09721.2002     Document Type: Article

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