All in the family: How the apps regulate neurogenesis

Frontiers in Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue JUN, 2012, Pages 1-21

  Lazarov, Orly ^a   Demars, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Amyloid precursor protein; Learning and memory; Neurogenesis; Neuronal plasticity

Indexed keywords

ADAM PROTEIN; ADAM10 ENDOPEPTIDASE; ADAM9 PROTEIN; ALPHA SECRETASE; AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN; BETA SECRETASE 1; BETA SECRETASE 2; GAMMA SECRETASE; NOTCH RECEPTOR; SOLUBLE AMYLOID PRECURSOR PROTEIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CELL ADHESION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN CLEAVAGE; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SYNAPTOGENESIS;

EID: 84863601480     PISSN: 16624548     EISSN: 1662453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2012.00081     Document Type: Review

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