Arc in synaptic plasticity: From gene to behavior

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 591-598

  Korb, Erica ^a,b   Finkbeiner, Steven ^a,b,c  

^a GLADSTONE INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISEASE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Taube Koret Center for Huntington's Disease Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; MESSENGER RNA; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; PROTEASOME; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TERNARY COMPLEX FACTOR; UBIQUITIN PROTEIN LIGASE E3;

AGING; ALCOHOLISM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARC GENE; AUTISM; ENDOCYTOSIS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HAPPY PUPPET SYNDROME; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

BEHAVIOR; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 82455205755     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.08.007     Document Type: Review

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