Involvement of GIRK2 in postnatal development of the weaver cerebellum

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-173

  Liesi, Päivi ^a   Stewart, Randall R ^b   Wright, Jerry M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

GIRK2; Neuronal death; Weaver mouse

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; LAMININ; MESSENGER RNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; VERAPAMIL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PURKINJE CELL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CEREBELLUM; G PROTEIN-COUPLED INWARDLY-RECTIFYING POTASSIUM CHANNELS; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; POTASSIUM CHANNELS, INWARDLY RECTIFYING; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0034655658     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4547(20000415)60:2<164::AID-JNR5>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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