Memory enhancement: Consolidation, reconsolidation and insulin-like growth factor 2

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 274-283

  Alberini, Cristina M ^a   Chen, Dillon Y ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive enhancer; Growth factor; Memory consolidation; Reconsolidation

Indexed keywords

CCAAT ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; SOMATOMEDIN B;

GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; IGF2 GENE; LEARNING; MEMORY; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MEMORY RECONSOLIDATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CCAAT-ENHANCER-BINDING PROTEINS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MEMORY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84862829155     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2011.12.007     Document Type: Review

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