Experience-dependent expression of NPAS4 regulates plasticity in adult visual cortex

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 590, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 4777-4787

  Maya Vetencourt, José Fernando ^a   Tiraboschi, Ettore ^b   Greco, Dario ^c   Restani, Laura ^d   Cerri, Chiara ^a   Auvinen, Petri ^c   Maffei, Lamberto ^d   Castrén, Eero ^b  

^a SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

^b Neuroscience Centre   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOXETINE; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NPAS4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; LENTIVIRUS INFECTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOCULAR DEPRIVATION; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NPAS4 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA INTERFERENCE; VIRAL GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; DNA METHYLATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FLUOXETINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 84866879906     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2012.234237     Document Type: Article

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