The RNA-centred view of the synapse: Non-coding RNAs and synaptic plasticity

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1652, 2014, Pages

  Smalheiser, Neil R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

microRNAs; Non coding RNAs; Synaptic plasticity; Transposable elements

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MEMORY; PLASTICITY; PROTEIN;

MICRORNA; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ANIMAL; COGNITION; DENDRITE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; COGNITION; DENDRITES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEARNING; MICRORNAS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; RNA, UNTRANSLATED; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84906095861     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0504     Document Type: Review

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