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ReviewProgress in neurobiology2011

Mechanisms of specificity in neuronal activity-regulated gene transcription.

Michelle R Lyons, Anne E West

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Review in Progress in neurobiology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 120 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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120 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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2 authors.

Michelle R LyonsDepartment of Neurobiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
Anne E West

Funding

Epigenetic Regulation of Transcriptional Repression by Drugs of AbuseR01DA022202 · NIDA · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI WEST, ANNE ELIZABETH · 2006 to 2010
$1.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA022202NIDA NIH HHS R01-DA022202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The brain is a highly adaptable organ that is capable of converting sensory information into changes in neuronal function. This plasticity allows behavior to be accommodated to the environment, providing an important evolutionary advantage. Neurons convert environmental stimuli into long-lasting changes in their physiology in part through the synaptic activity-regulated transcription of new gene products. Since the neurotransmitter-dependent regulation of Fos transcription was first discovered nearly 25 years ago, a wealth of studies have enriched our understanding of the molecular pathways that mediate activity-regulated changes in gene transcription. These findings show that a broad range of signaling pathways and transcriptional regulators can be engaged by neuronal activity to sculpt complex programs of stimulus-regulated gene transcription. However, the shear scope of the transcriptional pathways engaged by neuronal activity raises the question of how specificity in the nature of the transcriptional response is achieved in order to encode physiologically relevant responses to divergent stimuli. Here we summarize the general paradigms by which neuronal activity regulates transcription while focusing on the molecular mechanisms that confer differential stimulus-, cell-type-, and developmental-specificity upon activity-regulated programs of neuronal gene transcription. In addition, we preview some of the new technologies that will advance our future understanding of the mechanisms and consequences of activity-regulated gene transcription in the brain.

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Gene Expression RegulationTranscription, GeneticAnimalsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorChromatinGene Expression ProfilingHistonesHumansNeuronal PlasticityNeuronsPromoter Regions, GeneticReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateRNA InterferenceTranscription FactorsBrain-Derived Neurotrophic FactorChromatinHistonesReceptors, N-Methyl-D-AspartateTranscription Factors

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PMID21620929
PMCPMC3134613

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