Targeting CREB signalling in neurogenesis

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Targets

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 869-879

  Dworkin, Sebastian ^a   Mantamadiotis, Theo ^b  

^a Bone Marrow Research Laboratories   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cancer; CREB; Neural stem cells; Neurogenesis; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLIN A2; CYCLIN D1; CYCLIN D2; SONIC HEDGEHOG PROTEIN;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE TARGETING; HUMAN; MEMORY; NEOPLASM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELLS;

EID: 77954769804     PISSN: 14728222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14728222.2010.501332     Document Type: Review

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