Nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFATc4) is required for BDNF-dependent survival of adult-born neurons and spatial memory formation in the hippocampus

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Quadrato, Giorgia ^a   Benevento, Marco ^a   Alber, Stefanie ^a,c   Jacob, Carolin ^a,c   Floriddia, Elisa M ^a,c   Nguyen, Tuan ^a   Elnaggar, Mohamed Y ^a   Pedroarena, Christine M ^b   Molkentin, Jeffrey D ^d   Di Giovanni, Simone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^d CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult neurogenesis; Long term potentiation; Neural stem cells; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCINEURIN; CYCLOSPORIN A; NUCLEAR FACTOR OF ACTIVATED T CELLS C4; PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRKB FC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPATIAL MEMORY; STEM CELL; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL SURVIVAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DNA PRIMERS; EVOKED POTENTIALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUCIFERASES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NFATC TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPACE PERCEPTION;

MUS;

EID: 84861895157     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1202068109     Document Type: Article

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