Developmental downregulation of histone posttranslational modifications regulates visual cortical plasticity. (Articolo in rivista)

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  • Developmental downregulation of histone posttranslational modifications regulates visual cortical plasticity. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2007-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • 10.1016/j.neuron.2007.02.007 (literal)
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  • Putignano E; Lonetti G; Cancedda L; Ratto GM; Costa M; Maffei L; Pizzorusso T (2007)
    Developmental downregulation of histone posttranslational modifications regulates visual cortical plasticity.
    in Neuron (Camb. Mass.)
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  • Putignano E; Lonetti G; Cancedda L; Ratto GM; Costa M; Maffei L; Pizzorusso T (literal)
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  • 747 (literal)
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  • http://www.cell.com/neuron/retrieve/pii/S0896627307001067 (literal)
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  • 53 (literal)
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  • Scuola Normale Superiore, Neurobiology Laboratory, Area Ricerca CNR, via Moruzzi, 1 Pisa 56125, Italy 2 Istituto Neuroscienze CNR, Area Ricerca CNR, via Moruzzi, 1 Pisa 56125, Italy 3 University of Florence, Department of Psychology, via S. Niccolò, 93 50125 Florence, Italy (literal)
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  • Developmental downregulation of histone posttranslational modifications regulates visual cortical plasticity. (literal)
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  • The action of visual experience on visual cortical circuits is maximal during a critical period of postnatal development. The long-term effects of this experience are likely mediated by signaling cascades regulating experience-dependent gene transcription. Developmental modifications of these pathways could explain the difference in plasticity between the young and adult cortex. We studied the pathways linking experience-dependent activation of ERK to CREB-mediated gene expression in vivo. In juvenile mice, visual stimulation that activates CREB-mediated gene transcription also induced ERK-dependent MSK and histone H3 phosphorylation and H3-H4 acetylation, an epigenetic mechanism of gene transcription activation. In adult animals, ERK and MSK were still inducible; however, visual stimulation induced weak CREB-mediated gene expression and H3-H4 posttranslational modifications. Stimulation of histone acetylation in adult animals by means of trichostatin promoted ocular dominance plasticity. Thus, differing, experience-dependent activations of signaling molecules might be at the basis of the differences in experience-dependent plasticity between juvenile and adult cortex. (literal)
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