How necessary is the activation of the immediate early gene zif 268 in synaptic plasticity and learning?

Behavioural Brain Research

Volumn 142, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 17-30

  Davis, Sabrina ^a   Bozon, Bruno ^a   Laroche, Serge ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Dentate gyrus; Egr 1; Hippocampus; LTP; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN ZIF 268; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

BRAIN REGION; CONDITIONING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DNA BINDING MOTIF; FEAR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC CODE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZINC FINGER MOTIF;

EID: 0038277408     PISSN: 01664328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-4328(02)00421-7     Document Type: Review

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