Towards a molecular understanding of sex differences in memory formation

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 285-291

  Mizuno, Keiko ^a   Giese, K Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 5; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 5; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY PROTEIN 95; PROTEIN C FOS; PROTEIN P25; SEX HORMONE;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DECLARATIVE MEMORY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPIGENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; X CHROMATIN;

ANIMALS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MEMORY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHROMATIN; SEX FACTORS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 77953542814     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2010.03.001     Document Type: Review

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