PKG-mediated MAPK signaling is necessary for long-term operant memory in Aplysia

Learning and Memory

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-117

  Michel, Maximilian ^a   Green, Charity L ^a,b   Eskin, Arnold ^b   Lyons, Lisa C ^a,b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM MEMORY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REINFORCEMENT; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONDITIONING, OPERANT; CYCLIC GMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMORY, LONG-TERM; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 79251473664     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.2063611     Document Type: Article

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