Immediate-early gene expression in the barrel cortex

Somatosensory and Motor Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-146

  Staiger, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; c Fos; Functional columns; ICER; Inducible transcription factors; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL TYPE; ENVIRONMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RODENT; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SPATIAL MEMORY; STRESS; TACTILE MEMORY; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; MICE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RATS; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 33845740712     PISSN: 08990220     EISSN: 13691651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08990220601045411     Document Type: Review

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