Tracing functional circuits using c-fos regulated expression of marker genes targeted to neuronal projections

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 9, Issue , 2004, Pages 40-47

  Murphy, Mark ^a   Greferath, Ursula ^a   Nag, Nupur ^a   Nithianantharajah, Jess ^a   Wilson, Yvette M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain; ELISA; Functional circuits; Learning and memory; PKC ; Review; Synaptic plasticity; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN C FOS; TAU PROTEIN; WATER;

BODY FLUID; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL NUCLEUS; DENDRITE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEAR; FUSION GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; LEARNING; LIGHT; MARKER GENE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS MUSCULUS;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMEOSTASIS; LEARNING; MICE; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 2542433066     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/1203     Document Type: Review

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