Calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II and synaptic plasticity

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 318-327

  Colbran, Roger J ^a   Brown, Abigail M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

amino 3 hydroxy 5 methyl 4 isoxazole propionic acid; AMPA; calcium calmodulin dependent protein kinase II; CaMKII; CPE; CPEB; cytoplasmic polyadenylation element; cytoplasmic polyadenylation element binding protein; eag; ether a go go; GFP

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II;

AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DENDRITIC SPINE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; REVIEW; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DENDRITES; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 2942607447     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2004.05.008     Document Type: Review

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