Genetic enhancement of visual learning by activation of protein kinase C pathways in small groups of rat cortical neurons

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 37, 2005, Pages 8468-8481

  Zhang, Guo Rong ^a   Wang, Xiaodan ^a   Kong, Lingxin ^a   Lu, Xiu Gui ^a   Lee, Brian ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Sun, Mei ^a   Franklin, Corinna ^a   Cook, Robert G ^b   Geller, Alfred I ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glutamate receptor; Herpes simplex virus vector; Neurotransmitter release; Postrhinal cortex; Protein kinase C; Visual learning

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; ALANINE; DYNAMIN; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR; NEUROMODULIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; ENTORHINAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; LEARNING; MYRISTYLATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; LEARNING; MODELS, ANIMAL; NEURONS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS;

EID: 24944578263     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2271-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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