A role for WNT/β-catenin signaling in the neural mechanisms of behavior

Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 763-773

  Maguschak, Kimberly A ^a   Ressler, Kerry J ^b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Fear; Gene; PTSD; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; DISRUPTED IN SCHIZOPHRENIA 1 PROTEIN; LITHIUM; SEVOFLURANE; WNT PROTEIN;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; ANTIDEPRESSANT ACTIVITY; BEHAVIOR; CELL MATURATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; LOCOMOTION; MANIA; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SKULL IRRADIATION; SYNAPSE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BETA CATENIN; HUMANS; MOOD DISORDERS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NERVOUS SYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SYNAPSES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84875828953     PISSN: 15571890     EISSN: 15571904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11481-012-9350-7     Document Type: Review

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