Long-term potentiation in the CA1 hippocampus induced by NR2A subunit-containing NMDA glutamate receptors is mediated by Ras-GRF2/Erk map kinase signaling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Jin, Shan Xue ^a   Feig, Larry A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; RASGRF2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY;

MUS;

ANIMALS; CA1 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RAS GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTORS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77955379103     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0011732     Document Type: Article

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