Activity-dependent expression of Egr1 mRNA in somatosensory cortex of developing rats

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 235-244

  Patra, Ramesh C ^a,b   Blue, Mary E ^a,b   Johnston, Michael V ^a,b   Bressler, Joseph ^a,c   Wilson, Mary Ann ^a,b  

^a KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrel field; Immediate early gene; Ontogeny; Transcription factor; Zif268

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR EGR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC STIMULATION; NEOCORTEX; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; VIBRISSA;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; MAGNETICS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TOUCH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRISSAE;

EID: 4744347032     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.20243     Document Type: Article

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