The many faces of insulin-like peptide signalling in the brain

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 225-239

  Fernandez, Ana M ^a   Torres Alemán, Ignacio ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE B; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RECOMBINANT SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C DERIVATIVE;

BEHAVIOR; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN GROWTH; CHOROID PLEXUS; COGNITION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; COGNITION; ENERGY METABOLISM; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS;

EID: 84858631674     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn3209     Document Type: Review

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