Selective role for DNMT3a in learning and memory

Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Volumn 115, Issue , 2014, Pages 30-37

  Morris, Michael J ^a,b   Adachi, Megumi ^a   Na, Elisa S ^a   Monteggia, Lisa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Excitatory neurotransmission; Fear conditioning; Long term potentiation; Methylation

Indexed keywords

DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 1; DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE 3A; DMAP1 PROTEIN, MOUSE; DNA (CYTOSINE 5) METHYLTRANSFERASE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION TEST; CONDITIONING; CONTEXTUAL FEAR CONDITIONING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUE DEPENDENT FEAR CONDITIONING; DNA METHYLATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; LEARNING; LEARNING AND MEMORY TEST; LEARNING DISORDER; LOCOMOTION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY FORMATION; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NOVEL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ROTAROD TEST; SPATIAL OBJECT RECOGNITION TEST; STATE DEPENDENT LEARNING; TASK PERFORMANCE; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; C57BL MOUSE; CONDITIONED REFLEX; HIPPOCAMPUS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; DNA (CYTOSINE-5-)-METHYLTRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; MEMORY; MEMORY, EPISODIC; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 84908348069     PISSN: 10747427     EISSN: 10959564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nlm.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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