Table 1.
Examples of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) found in dendritic spines.
| Gene | Neuronal type/tissue | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| Activity‐regulated cytoskeleton‐associated protein (Arc) | Cultured cortical neurons (rat) | Dynes & Steward (2012) |
| Dentate gyrus (rat) | Steward et al. (1998) | |
| Fragile X mental retardation 1 (FMR1) | Cultured hippocampal neurons (rat) | Antar et al. (2004) |
| Weiler et al. (1997) | ||
| Calcium/calmodulin‐dependent kinase II α (CaMKIIα) | Cultured hippocampal neurons (rat) | Shen & Meyer (1999) |
| Zipcode binding protein 1 (ZBP1) | Cultured hippocampal neurons (rat) | Tiruchinapalli et al. (2003) |
| Spa‐1‐like protein (SPAR) | Cultured hippocampal neurons (rat) | Pak et al. (2001) |
| Postsynaptic density‐95 (PSD‐95) | Hippocampal neurons (rat) | Cho, Hunt, & Kennedy (1992) |
| Brain‐derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) | Hypothalamic neurons (mouse) | Liao et al. (2012) |
| Regulator of G‐protein signalling‐7 (RGS7)/Type 5 G protein β (Gβ5) /R7 binding protein (R7BP) complex | Cerebral cortex (mouse) | Aguado et al. (2016) |