Disruption of the metallothionein-III gene in mice: Analysis of brain zinc, behavior, and neuron vulnerability to metals, aging, and seizures

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1271-1281

  Erickson, Jay C ^a   Hollopeter, Günther ^a   Thomas, Steven A ^a   Froelick, Glenda J ^a   Palmiter, Richard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cadmium; glial fibrillary acidic protein; hippocampus; kainic acid; metallothionein; Morris water maze; seizures; zinc; zinc containing neurons

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOTHIONEIN; ZINC;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL LESION; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 0031016825     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.17-04-01271.1997     Document Type: Article

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