Plasticity-related genes in brain development and amygdala-dependent learning

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 125-143

  Ehrlich, D E ^a   Josselyn, S A ^b,c,d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amygdala; BDNF; CREB; Critical period; Development; ERK; Excitability; GABA; Learning and memory; Plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; AMYGDALA; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

AMYGDALA; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; HUMANS; LEARNING; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84954401234     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12255     Document Type: Review

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