The mTOR and canonical Wnt signaling pathways mediate the mnemonic effects of progesterone in the dorsal hippocampus

Hippocampus

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 616-629

  Fortress, Ashley M ^a   Heisler, John D ^a   Frick, Karyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

ERK; Memory; MTOR; Progesterone receptors; Wnt

Indexed keywords

1,4 DIAMINO 1,4 BIS(2 AMINOPHENYLTHIO) 2,3 DICYANOBUTADIENE; BETA CATENIN; BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CYCLIN D1; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MIFEPRISTONE; MYC PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROMEGESTONE; PROTEIN P42; S6 KINASE; WNT7A PROTEIN; MTOR PROTEIN, MOUSE; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DORSAL HIPPOCAMPUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY; AGONISTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; CELL MEMBRANE; DRUG EFFECTS; HIPPOCAMPUS; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CELL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; MAP KINASE SIGNALING SYSTEM; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OVARIECTOMY; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; WNT SIGNALING PATHWAY;

EID: 84928371263     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.22398     Document Type: Article

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