Impaired long-term memory and NR2A-type NMDA receptor-dependent synaptic plasticity in mice lacking c-fos in the CNS

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 9116-9122

  Fleischmann, Alexander ^a,f   Hvalby, Oivind ^b   Jensen, Vidar ^b   Strekalova, Tatyana ^c   Zacher, Christiane ^c   Layer, Liliana E ^d   Kvello, Ane ^b   Reschke, Markus ^a   Spanagel, Rainer ^c   Sprengel, Rolf ^d   Wagner, Erwin F ^a   Gass, Peter ^c,e  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^e Ctrl Institute of Mental Health   (Germany)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; c fos; Conditional; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Mice; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; C FOS DELTA CNS GENE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM MEMORY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; SYNAPSE;

EID: 0141988724     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-27-09116.2003     Document Type: Article

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