cJun and CREB2 in the postsynaptic neuron contribute to persistent long-term facilitation at a behaviorally relevant synapse

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 386-395

  Hu, Jiang Yuan ^a   Levine, Amir ^a   Sung, Ying Ju ^b   Schacher, Samuel ^a  

^a Department of Neuroscience Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons New York State Psychiatric Institute ^*  (United States)

^b Janet Weis Children s Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Cell culture; Persistent synaptic plasticity; Postsynaptic neuron; Sensorimotor synapse; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; BASIC LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN C JUN; APCREB2 PROTEIN, APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; NERVE PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPSE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL;

ANIMALS; APLYSIA; CELLS, CULTURED; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; JNK MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; LONG-TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SENSORY RECEPTOR CELLS; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC POTENTIALS;

EID: 84920528644     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3284-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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