New insights into the regulation of synaptic plasticity from an unexpected place: Hippocampal area CA2

Learning and Memory

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 391-400

  Caruana, Douglas A ^a   Alexander, Georgia M ^a   Dudek, Serena M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE A1 RECEPTOR; CAFFEINE; CALBINDIN; CALCIUM; CALCIUM BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; OXYTOCIN; RGS PROTEIN; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR;

AVPR1B GENE; COGNITION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA2 REGION; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION;

ANIMALS; CA2 REGION, HIPPOCAMPAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE NET; NEURONAL PLASTICITY;

EID: 84866386805     PISSN: 10720502     EISSN: 15495485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/lm.025304.111     Document Type: Review

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