Long-term potentiation in the rat dentate gyrus is associated with enhanced Arc/Arg3.1 protein expression in spines, dendrites and glia

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2384-2396

  Rodriguez, José J ^a   Davies, H A ^a   Silva, A T ^a   De Souza, I E J ^a   Peddie, C J ^a   Colyer, F M ^a   Lancashire, C L ^a   Fine, A ^b   Errington, M L ^b   Bliss, T V P ^b   Stewart, M G ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arc; Hippocampus; Immediate early genes; Long term potentiation; Plasticity; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

4 (3 PHOSPHONOPROPYL) 2 PIPERAZINECARBOXYLIC ACID; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; PROTEIN ARC; PROTEIN ARG3.1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLIA CELL; GRANULE CELL; HEMISPHERE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; NERVE ENDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; SPINE;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DENDRITES; DENDRITIC SPINES; DENTATE GYRUS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PIPERAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 20444434728     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04068.x     Document Type: Article

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