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material entity > biological material entity > gene > immediate early gene

Preferred term

immediate early gene  

Definition

  • Genes that "are rapidly and transiently activated in response to external stimuli, and memory encoding is modulated by the regulation of these genes" (Lopez et al., 2024, p. 7).

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • IEG

Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Kubik, S., Miyashita, T., & Guzowski, J. F. (2007). Using immediate-early genes to map hippocampal subregional functions. Learning & Memory, 14(11), 758–770. https://doi.org/10.1101/lm.698107

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: free

  • • Lopez, M. R., Wasberg, S. M. H., Gagliardi, C. M., Normandin, M. E., & Muzzio, I. A. (2024). Mystery of the memory engram: History, current knowledge, and unanswered questions. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 105574. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105574

    • Document type: literature review

    • Access: open

Creator

  • Frank Arnould

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-D407TVNR-R

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