The neurotrophin-inducible gene Vgf regulates hippocampal function and behavior through a brain-derived neurotrophic factor-dependent mechanism

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 9857-9869

  Bozdagi, Ozlem ^a   Rich, Erin ^a   Tronel, Sophie ^a,b   Sadahiro, Masato ^a   Patterson, Kamara ^a   Shapiro, Matthew L ^a   Alberini, Cristina M ^a   Huntley, George W ^a   Salton, Stephen R J ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

BDNF; Contextual fear conditioning; Depression; LTD; LTP; Neuropeptide; tPA; VGF

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; GLUTAMATE RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST APV; K 252A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT APV; NEUROTROPHIN; PEPTIDE; THREONYLLEUCYLGLUTAMINYLPROLYL 62; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 AMINO 5 PHOSPHOPENTANOIC ACID; 2-AMINO-5-PHOSPHOPENTANOIC ACID; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; VALINE; VGF PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TETANY; VGF GENE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEAR; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; PATCH CLAMP; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RAT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING DISORDERS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; NEUROPEPTIDES; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VALINE;

EID: 55749111718     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3145-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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