Inducible and constitutive transcription factors in the mammalian nervous system: control of gene expression by Jun, Fos and Krox, and CREB/ATF proteins

T Herdegen, JD Leah - Brain research reviews, 1998 - Elsevier
This article reviews findings up to the end of 1997 about the inducible transcription factors
(ITFs) c-Jun, JunB, JunD, c-Fos, FosB, Fra-1, Fra-2, Krox-20 (Egr-2) and Krox-24 (NGFI-A …

A gene for neuronal plasticity in the mammalian brain: Zif268/Egr-1/NGFI-A/Krox-24/TIS8/ZENK?

E Knapska, L Kaczmarek - Progress in neurobiology, 2004 - Elsevier
Zif268 is a transcription regulatory protein, the product of an immediate early gene. Zif268
was originally described as inducible in cell cultures; however, it was later shown to be …

Sensory regulation of immediate–early gene expression in mammalian visual cortex: implications for functional mapping and neural plasticity

L Kaczmarek, A Chaudhuri - Brain Research Reviews, 1997 - Elsevier
The expression of immediate–early genes that code for transcription factors has been
extensively studied in the brain with regard to imaging functional activity. The components of …

Neurochemical mechanisms of the defensive behavior in the dorsal midbrain

ML Brandão, VZ Anseloni, JE Pandossio… - Neuroscience & …, 1999 - Elsevier
Some regions in the mesencephalon, such as dorsal periaqueductal gray, inferior colliculus
and deep layers of superior colliculus have been grouped together as a continuos strip of …

Molecular mechanisms associated with long-term consolidation of the NMDA signals

J Plátenı́k, N Kuramoto, Y Yoneda - Life sciences, 2000 - Elsevier
The N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) subtype of glutamate receptors in the mammalian brain
plays a central role in synaptic plasticity underlying refinement of neuronal connections …

Activation of the extracellular signal‐regulated kinase 2 by metabotropic glutamate receptors

F Ferraguti, B Baldani‐Guerra, M Corsi… - European Journal of …, 1999 - Wiley Online Library
Activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) leads to modulation of a variety of
second messenger pathways probably including the mitogen‐activated protein kinase …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence for a novel glutamate-mediated signaling pathway in keratinocytes

PG Genever, SJ Maxfield, TM Skerry… - Journal of Investigative …, 1999 - Elsevier
Phenotypic alterations in keratinocyte behavior are essential for maintaining epidermal
integrity during growth and wound repair and rely on co-ordinated cell signaling events …

The relevance of neuronal substrates of defense in the midbrain tectum to anxiety and stress: empirical and conceptual considerations

ML Brandão, AC Troncoso, MA de Souza Silva… - European journal of …, 2003 - Elsevier
The medial hypothalamus, amygdala, and dorsal periaqueductal gray constitute the main
neural substrates for the integration of aversive states in the brain. More recently, some …

Early growth response gene 1 (Egr-1) is required for new and reactivated fear memories in the lateral amygdala

SA Maddox, MS Monsey, GE Schafe - Learning & Memory, 2011 - learnmem.cshlp.org
The immediate-early gene early growth response gene-1 (EGR-1, zif-268) has been
extensively studied in synaptic plasticity and memory formation in a variety of memory …

Glutamate, but not dopamine, stimulates stress-activated protein kinase and AP-1-mediated transcription in striatal neurons

MA Schwarzschild, RL Cole… - Journal of Neuroscience, 1997 - Soc Neuroscience
Drugs that stimulate dopamine and glutamate receptors have been shown to induce the
expression of AP-1 proteins (such as c-Fos and c-Jun) in the striatum and to induce binding …