title: From Drosophila development to adult: clues to Notch function in long-term memory.
abstract: Notch is a cell surface receptor that is well known to mediate inter-cellular communication during animal development. Data in the field indicate that it is also involved in the formation of long-term memory (LTM) in the fully developed adults and in memory loss upon neurodegeneration. Our studies in the model organism Drosophila reveal that a non-canonical Notch-protein kinase C activity that plays critical roles in embryonic development also regulates cyclic-AMP response element binding protein during LTM formation in adults. Here we present a perspective on how the various known features of Notch function relate to LTM formation and how they might interface with elements of Wingless/Wnt signaling in this process.
authors: Neuroscience Training Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA ; Department of Genetics and Medical Genetics, University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI, USA.
authors: Jiabin
authors: J
authors: Zhang
authors: Jerry C P
authors: JC
authors: Yin
authors: Cedric S
authors: CS
authors: Wesley
keywords: CREB; F-actin; IκB; LTM; PKC; Wnt; neurodegeneration; notch