Inducible cAMP early repressor acts as a negative regulator for kindling epileptogenesis and long-term fear memory

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2008, Pages 6459-6472

  Kojima, Nobuhiko ^a,b   Borlikova, Gilyana ^a   Sakamoto, Toshiro ^a   Yamada, Kazuyuki ^c   Ikeda, Toshio ^c   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^c   Niki, Hiroaki ^d   Endo, Shogo ^a  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amygdala kindling; CRE mediated gene transcription; CREB; Fear conditioning; ICER; Immediate early genes

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE CYCLIC AMP EARLY REPRESSOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EPILEPTOGENESIS; FOREBRAIN; GENE DISRUPTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KINDLING; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; ANIMAL; C3H MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; EPILEPSY; FEAR; FEMALE; KINDLING, NEUROLOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 46749096320     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0412-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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