The importance of the NRG-1/ERBB4 pathway for synaptic plasticity and behaviors associated with psychiatric disorders

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2988-2997

  Shamir, Alon ^a,b   Kwon, Oh Bin ^a,c   Karavanova, Irina ^a   Vullhorst, Detlef ^a   Leiva Salcedo, Elias ^a   Janssen, Megan J ^a   Buonanno, Andres ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b Mazra Mental Health Center   (Israel)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PARVALBUMIN; SACCHARIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INTERNEURON; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; OPEN FIELD TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; FEAR; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEUREGULIN-1; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PARVALBUMINS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARTLE REACTION; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84857622035     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1899-11.2012     Document Type: Article

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