Molecule to Cognition unit

Bong-Kiun Kaang, Dept of Biological Sciences, SNU HP

2010

* Detection of TrkB Receptors Distributed in Cultured Hippocampal Neurons through Bioconjugation between Highly Luminescent (Quantum Dot-Neutravidin) and (Biotinylated Anti-TrkB Antibody) on Neurons by Combined Atomic Force Microscope and Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope.
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* Neuronal RNA granule contains ApCPEB1, a novel Aplysia CPEB, in Aplysia sensory neuron.
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* Protein synthesis and degradation are required for the incorporation of modified information into the pre-existing object-location memory.
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2009

* Social Isolation Selectively Increases Anxiety in Mice without Affecting Depression-like Behavior.
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* Effects of Protease Treatment and Animal Behavior on the Dissociative Culture of Aplysia Neurons.
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* Identification of a serotonin receptor coupled to adenylyl cyclase involved in learning-related heterosynaptic facilitation in Aplysia.
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* Transcriptome and protein domain analyses in Aplysia nervous system with evolutionary implications.
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* Induction of neuronal vascular endothelial growth factor expression by cAMP in the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is required for antidepressant-like behaviors.
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* Two major gate-keepers in the self-renewal of neural stem cells: Erk1/2 and PLCgamma1 in FGFR signaling.
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* Synaptic Protein Degradation as a Mechanism in Memory Reorganization.
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* The role of lipid binding for the targeting of synaptic proteins into synaptic vesicles.
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* Effect of ablated hippocampal neurogenesis on the formation and extinction of contextual fear memory.
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Graham Leon Collingridge FRS, MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, U of Bristol HP

2010

* Disruption of the interaction between myosin VI and SAP97 is associated with a reduction in the number of AMPARs at hippocampal synapses 2010.
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2009

* A systematic investigation of the protein kinases involved in NMDA receptor-dependent LTD: evidence for a role of GSK-3 but not other serine/threonine kinases
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* A novel mechanism of hippocampal LTD involving muscarinic receptor-triggered interactions between AMPARs, GRIP and liprin-α
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Min Zhuo, Dept of Physiology, U of Toronto HP

2010

* CaMKIV forebrain overexpression boosts cortical 4-7Hz oscillations during learning and 1-4Hz delta oscillations during sleep
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* DREAM (Downstream Regulatory Element Antagonist Modulator) contributes to synaptic depression and contextual fear memory
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2009

* Enhanced synaptic long-term potentiation in the anterior cingulate cortex of adult wild mice as compared with that in laboratory mice
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* Sexual attraction enhances glutamate transmission in mammalian anterior cingulate cortex
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* Plasticity of NMDA receptor NR2B subunit in memory and chronic pain
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