Serotonin triggers a transient epigenetic mechanism that reinstates adult visual cortex plasticity in rats

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-57

  Maya Vetencourt, José Fernando ^a   Tiraboschi, Ettore ^b   Spolidoro, Maria ^a   Castrén, Eero ^b   Maffei, Lamberto ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acetylation; BDNF; Epigenetics; Fluoxetine; Plasticity; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOXETINE; HISTONE DEACETYLASE 5; N [2 [4 (2 METHOXYPHENYL) 1 PIPERAZINYL]ETHYL] N (2 PYRIDYL)CYCLOHEXANECARBOXAMIDE; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN 1 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; TRICHOSTATIN A;

AMBLYOPIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIGENETICS; EYELID; HISTONE ACETYLATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSORY SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

EID: 78650769865     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07488.x     Document Type: Article

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