Differential expression of glutamate decarboxylase messenger RNA in cerebellar purkinje cells and deep cerebellar nuclei of the genetically dystonic rat

Neuroscience

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1087-1094

  Naudon, L ^a   Delfs, J M ^a   Clavel, N ^a   Lorden, J F ^b   Chesselet, M F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Cerebellum; Dystonia; GAD; Genetic model; Rat

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; DYSTONIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0342617710     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(97)00334-5     Document Type: Article

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