Corticotropin-releasing factor and urocortin I activate CREB through functionally selective Gβγ signaling in hippocampal pyramidal neurons

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 671-681

  Stern, Christopher M ^a   Meitzen, John ^a   Mermelstein, Paul G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing factor receptor; G protein coupled receptor; Mitogen activated protein kinase (MAPK); Rat; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UROCORTIN I;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNITS; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNITS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASES; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; UROCORTINS;

EID: 80052463843     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07812.x     Document Type: Article

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