Specific downregulation of hippocampal ATF4 reveals a necessary role in synaptic plasticity and memory

Cell Reports

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 183-191

  Pasini, Silvia ^a   Corona, Carlo ^a   Liu, Jin ^a   Greene, Lloyd A ^a   Shelanski, Michael L ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ATF4 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GLUTAMATERGIC SYNAPSE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LONG TERM DEPRESSION; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPATIAL MEMORY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE;

MUS; RODENTIA;

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4; ANIMALS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; SYNAPSES;

EID: 84929293304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2015.03.025     Document Type: Article

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