Small-conductance Ca2+-activated K+ channel type 2 (SK2) modulates hippocampal learning, memory, and synaptic plasticity

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1844-1853

  Hammond, Rebecca S ^a   Bond, Chris T ^b   Strassmaier, Timothy ^b   Ngo Anh, Thu Jennifer ^b   Adelman, John P ^b   Maylie, James ^a   Stackman, Robert W ^a,c  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fear conditioning; Hippocampus; Long term potentiation; Potassium channel; Spatial learning; Spatial memory

Indexed keywords

APAMIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SMALL CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL; KCNN2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRIMER DNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; LEARNING; LEARNING DISORDER; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; IN VITRO STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; DNA PRIMERS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL-CONDUCTANCE CALCIUM-ACTIVATED POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 32544433136     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4106-05.2006     Document Type: Article

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