Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor-Induced Gene Expression Reveals Novel Actions of VGF in Hippocampal Synaptic Plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 23, Issue 34, 2003, Pages 10800-10808

  Alder, Janet ^a   Thakker Varia, Smita ^a   Bangasser, Debra A ^b   Kuroiwa, May ^a   Plummer, Mark R ^b   Shors, Tracey J ^b   Black, Ira B ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Gene expression; Hippocampus; Learning; Synaptic plasticity; VGF

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VGF PROTEIN;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C FOS; PATCH CLAMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0344629700     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.23-34-10800.2003     Document Type: Article

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