Sos2 is dispensable for NMDA-induced Erk activation and LTP induction

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 455, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-25

  Arai, Junko A ^a   Li, Shaomin ^a   Feig, Larry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Erk; LTP; NMDA receptor; RasGRF; Sos

Indexed keywords

MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; SOS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN NERVE CELL; DEPOLARIZATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIALS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SON OF SEVENLESS PROTEINS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 63449094402     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2009.03.047     Document Type: Article

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