Neurotrophins and synaptic plasticity

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages 117-136

  Gómez Palacio Schjetnan, Andrea ^a   Escobar, Martha L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BDNF; Homeostatic plasticity; Neurotrophins; NT 3; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; NEUROTROPHIN 3; NEUROTROPHIN 4; NEUROTROPHIN 6;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION TEST; DENTATE GYRUS; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; ANIMAL; BRAIN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEUROTROPHIN 3; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84888062082     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2012_231     Document Type: Article

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