Distinct epigenetic and gene expression changes in rat hippocampal neurons after morris water maze training

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue June, 2015, Pages

  Carter, Sylvia D ^a   Mifsud, Karen R ^a   Reul, Johannes M H M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromatin immuno precipitation; Cognition; Hippocampus; Histone H3 phosphorylation; Immediate early genes; Memory; Morris water maze; Stress

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY REGULATED CYTOSKELETON ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE FACTOR 1; HISTONE H3; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; PROTEIN C FOS; SERINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA1 REGION; HIPPOCAMPAL CA3 REGION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; LATENT PERIOD; LISTER HOODED RAT; MALE; MORRIS WATER MAZE TEST; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; RAT;

EID: 84935866448     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00156     Document Type: Article

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