The roles of MAPK cascades in synaptic plasticity and memory in Aplysia: Facilitatory effects and inhibitory constraints

Learning and Memory

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 373-378

  Sharma, Shiv K ^a   Carew, Thomas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEROTONIN;

APLYSIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MEMORY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMORY; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; MOTOR NEURONS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS, AFFERENT; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 4043106533     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.81104     Document Type: Review

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