A vitamin for the brain

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 733-741

  Shearer, Kirsty D ^a   Stoney, Patrick N ^a   Morgan, Peter J ^b   McCaffery, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neural plasticity; Nuclear receptor; Retinoic acid; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

BEXAROTENE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE GATED CHANNEL; FRAGILE X MENTAL RETARDATION PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; RETINOIC ACID; RETINOIC ACID INDUCIBLE PROTEIN I; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOL; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIRTUIN 1; VALPROIC ACID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; AUTISM; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPIGENETICS; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; OLFACTORY SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TANYCYTE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAIN; HUMANS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84869883284     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2012.08.005     Document Type: Review

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