Hepatocyte growth factor overexpression in the nervous system enhances learning and memory performance in mice

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1743-1755

  Kato, Takashi ^a   Funakoshi, Hiroshi ^b   Kadoyama, Keiichi ^c   Noma, Satsuki ^b,d   Kanai, Masaaki ^b   Ohya Shimada, Wakana ^a,b   Mizuno, Shinya ^d   Doe, Nobutaka ^e   Taniguchi, Taizo ^c   Nakamura, Toshikazu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c HIMEJI DOKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C Met; Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF); Learning and memory; Neurotrophin; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 84863779316     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.23065     Document Type: Article

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