The nuclear transcription factor CREB: Involvement in addiction, deletion models and looking forward

Current Neuropharmacology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 202-212

  McPherson, Cameron S ^a   Lawrence, Andrew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Addicton; Behavior; cAMP response element binding protein; Conditional knockout; CREB

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 1A RECEPTOR; ISOPROTEIN; LENTIVIRUS VECTOR; MUTANT PROTEIN; NESTIN; PARVOVIRUS VECTOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN DARPP 32; PROTEIN KINASE (CALCIUM,CALMODULIN) II; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EMX1;

ADDICTION; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN REGION; CELL FUNCTION; DENTATE GYRUS; ENHANCER REGION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT GENE; LOCUS CERULEUS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; REWARD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TRANSACTIVATION; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM;

EID: 36348964590     PISSN: 1570159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157015907781695937     Document Type: Review

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