ERK activation causes epilepsy by stimulating NMDA receptor activity

EMBO Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 4891-4901

  Nateri, Abdolrahman S ^a,b   Raivich, Gennadij ^c   Gebhardt, Christine ^d   Da Costa, Clive ^a   Naumann, Heike ^e   Vreugdenhil, Martin ^f   Makwana, Milan ^c   Brandner, Sebastian ^e   Adams, Ralf H ^a   Jefferys, John G R ^f   Kann, Oliver ^d   Behrens, Axel ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cre loxP; Ephrins; Epilepsy; ERK; MEK1; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; EPHRIN B2; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE 1; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SEIZURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

CORNUS; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 36549055130     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: 14602075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.emboj.7601911     Document Type: Article

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