Viral-mediated expression of a constitutively active form of CREB in hippocampal neurons increases memory

Hippocampus

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 228-234

  Restivo, Leonardo ^a   Tafi, Elisiarta ^b   Ammassari Teule, Martine ^a   Marie, Hélène ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN BRAIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contextual fear conditioning; CREB; Hippocampus; Memory; Viral vector

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEAR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LOCOMOTION; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SINDBIS VIRUS; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; GENETIC VECTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PAIN THRESHOLD; SINDBIS VIRUS;

EID: 62149105144     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20527     Document Type: Article

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