MicroRNA regulation of neural plasticity and memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-94

  Bredy, Timothy W ^a   Lin, Quan ^b   Wei, Wei ^a   Baker Andresen, Danay ^a   Mattick, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Learning; Memory; MicroRNA

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; COGNITION; DENDRITE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; MORPHOGENESIS; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MICRORNAS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 79957979275     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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