Egr3, a synaptic activity regulated transcription factor that is essential for learning and memory

Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 76-88

  Li, Lin ^a   Yun, Sung Hwan ^a   Keblesh, James ^c   Trommer, Barbara L ^a   Xiong, Huangui ^c   Radulovic, Jelena ^b   Tourtellotte, Warren G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Erk; Learning; MAPK; Memory; Mouse; Plasticity; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENDRITIC SPINES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 3; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MUS;

EID: 34247371470     PISSN: 10447431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcn.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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