Synapsins are late activity-induced genes regulated by birdsong

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 28, Issue 46, 2008, Pages 11871-11882

  Velho, Tarciso A F ^a,b   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cycloheximide; Egr 1; Immediate early genes; Krox 24; Learning; Memory, auditory; Neuronal plasticity; Ngfi a; Songbird; Synapse; Zebra finch; Zenk; Zif268

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN ZENK; SYNAPSIN; SYNAPSIN 3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINCH; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SONGBIRD; SYNAPSE VESICLE; TAENIOPYGIA GUTTATA;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BRAIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LEARNING; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SYNAPSINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 58149349791     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2307-08.2008     Document Type: Article

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