Neuronal activity and neurotrophic factors regulate GAD-65/67 mRNA and protein expression in organotypic cultures of rat visual cortex

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-12

  Patz, Silke ^a   Wirth, Marcus J ^a   Gorba, Thorsten ^a   Klostermann, Oliver ^a   Wahle, Petra ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cortical interneurons; Glutamic acid decarboxylase isoforms; NT3; NT4; Rat visual cortex

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 65; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; ISOENZYME; K 252A; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME REGULATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERNEURON; NEOCORTEX; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RAT; SENSORY NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RATS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VISUAL CORTEX;

EID: 0042668434     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02702.x     Document Type: Article

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