Npas4: Linking Neuronal Activity to Memory
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Npas4: Linking Neuronal Activity to Memory.
Immediate-early genes (IEGs) are rapidly activated after sensory and behavioral experience and are believed to be crucial for converting experience into long-term memory. Neuronal PAS domain protein 4 (Npas4), a recently discovered IEG, has several characteristics that make it likely to be a particularly important molecular link between neuronal activity and memory: it is among the most rapidly...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trends in Neurosciences
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0166-2236
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2016.02.003