Physiological role of β-catenin/TCF signaling in neurons of the adult brain

Neurochemical Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1144-1155

  Wisniewska, Marta B ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain; LEF1 TCF; Neurogenesis; NMDA; Thalamus; Wnt

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; HUNTINGTIN; PARKIN; PRESENILIN; T CELL FACTOR PROTEIN; WNT PROTEIN;

ADULT; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP BOX DOMAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THALAMUS NUCLEUS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BETA CATENIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; LYMPHOID ENHANCER-BINDING FACTOR 1; MICE; N-METHYLASPARTATE; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TCF TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; THALAMUS; WNT PROTEINS; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84878020982     PISSN: 03643190     EISSN: 15736903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11064-013-0980-9     Document Type: Review

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