Role of α-synuclein in presynaptic dopamine recruitment

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 49, 2004, Pages 11165-11170

  Yavich, Leonid ^a   Tanila, Heikki ^a,b   Vepsäläinen, Saila ^a   Jäkälä, Pekka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

synuclein; A30P transgenic mice; Dopamine; in vivo voltammetry; Null mutation; Storage

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; DOPAMINE; LEVODOPA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE RELEASE; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROSTIMULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALPHA-METHYLTYROSINE; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PRESYNAPTIC TERMINALS; SYNUCLEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 10944243102     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2559-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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