Transgenic mice overexpressing the full-length neurotrophin receptor trkB exhibit increased activation of the trkB-PLCγ pathway, reduced anxiety, and facilitated learning

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 166-181

  Koponen, Eija ^a   Võikar, Vootele ^b   Riekki, Ruusu ^b   Saarelainen, Tommi ^a   Rauramaa, Tuomas ^a   Rauvala, Heikki ^b   Taira, Tomi ^b   Castrén, Eero ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE CGAMMA; PROTEIN SHC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONDITIONING; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TASTE AVERSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PHOSPHOLIPASE C GAMMA; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UP-REGULATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 2342472745     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2004.01.006     Document Type: Article

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