Genetic strategies to access activated neurons

Current Opinion in Neurobiology

Volumn 45, Issue , 2017, Pages 121-129

  DeNardo, Laura ^a   Luo, Liqun ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARC GENE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL POPULATION; CONNECTOME; EMOTION; FOS GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION; GENETICS; GFP GENE; IEG GENE; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEURON ENSEMBLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SENSORY NERVE CELL; SENSORY STIMULATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TARGETED RECOMBINATION IN ACTIVE POPULATION; ANIMAL; BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MEMORY; NEURONS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 85020009188     PISSN: 09594388     EISSN: 18736882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conb.2017.05.014     Document Type: Review

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