Acquisition of response thresholds for timed performance is regulated by a calcium-responsive transcription factor, CaRF

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 633-644

  Agostino, P V ^a   Cheng, R K ^b   Williams, C L ^c   West, A E ^d   Meck, W H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE QUILMES   (Argentina)

^b AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium responsive transcription factor; Cortico striatal circuits; Dopamine; GABA; Glutamate; Interval timing; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ANTISENSE OLIGODEOXYNUCLEOTIDE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM RESPONSIVE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84881093766     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12059     Document Type: Article

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