Rapid activation of plasticity-associated gene transcription in hippocampal neurons provides a mechanism for encoding of one-trial experience

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 898-906

  Miyashita, Teiko ^a   Kubik, Stepan ^a,b   Haghighi, Nahideh ^a   Steward, Oswald ^a   Guzowski, John F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c 108 Bonney Research Labs   (United States)

Author keywords

FISH; Hippocampus; IEG; Medial septum; Place cell activity; Theta oscillations

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXPERIENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE ARC; LEARNING; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; RUNNING;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TETRACAINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 59649125580     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4588-08.2009     Document Type: Article

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