“…The cyclic AMP-dependent protein kinase, protein kinase A (PKA) and the Ca2 + , phospholipid-dependent protein kinase, protein kinase C (PKC), are highly expressed in nervous tissue (for review, see Nestler and Greengard, 1984) and function in neuronal differentiation, neuritogenesis, cytoskeletal protein phosphorylation, long-term potentiation, and neuronal circuit cytoarchitecture (Aletta et al, 1989;Clark and Lee, 1991;Felipo et al, 1990;Hammerling et al, 1987;Heikkila et al, 1989;. , 1987; Leli et al, 1991;Mattson, 1990;Minana et a]., 1989;Olds et al, 1989;Sihag et al, 1988). Furthermore, neurite extention by many neuronal cell lines following treatment with the cAMP analogue dbcAMP (Abraham et al, 1991;Prasad and Hsie, 1971;Shea et al, 1985) is likely to be due to PKA activation, since dbcAMP, like CAMP, functions solely through PKA activation (Adelstein, 1982;Glass and Krebs, 1980).…”