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Potential opposite roles of the extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) pathway in autism spectrum and bipolar disorders.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Nov 2012
Kalkman Hans O
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Signal transduction from the synapse to the nucleus subsequently involves transient increases in synaptic Ca2+, activation of CaM kinases, activation of the GTPase Ras, activation of the ERK mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway, and finally GSK3 inhibition and CREB-activation. Genetic studies in autism have identified mutations and copy number variations in a number of genes involved in this synapse to...
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