Requirement of extracellular signal-regulated kinase/mitogen-activated protein kinase for long-term potentiation in adult mouse anterior cingulate cortex

Table 1 The role of ERK in synaptic potentiation in the mammalian brains

Brain region	Type of synaptic potentiation	References
Hippocampus
CA1	NMDA receptor-dependent LTP	[16], [23], [38], [39]
	NMDA receptor-independent LTP	[40]
Dentate gyrus	NMDA receptor-dependent LTP	[41]
	NMDA receptor-independent LTP	[41]
	in vivo LTP	[25, 42, 43]
Amygdala		[45], [64]
Visual cortex		[47]
Insular cortex	in vivo LTP	[46]
Cingulate cortex		The current work
Spinal cord		[48]

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