Signaling mechanisms linking neuronal activity to gene expression and plasticity of the nervous system

Annual Review of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue , 2008, Pages 563-590

  Flavell, Steven W ^a,b   Greenberg, Michael E ^a,b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity regulated transcription; C fos; CREB; MEF2; Synapse development; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POLO LIKE KINASE 2; PROTEIN HOMER 1A; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR;

ADULTHOOD; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TYPE; DEVELOPMENT; EXPERIENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPORTER GENE; REVIEW; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKILL; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; TACTILE STIMULATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 46149096244     PISSN: 0147006X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.neuro.31.060407.125631     Document Type: Review

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