Relationship of brain-derived neurotrophic factor and its receptor TrkB to altered inhibitory prefrontal circuitry in schizophrenia

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 372-383

  Hashimoto, Takanori ^a   Bergen, Sarah E ^a   Nguyen, Quyen L ^a   Xu, Baoji ^c   Monteggia, Lisa M ^d   Pierri, Joseph N ^a   Sun, Zhuoxin ^b   Sampson, Allan R ^b   Lewis, David A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cortex; GABA; GAD; In situ hybridization; Parvalbumin; Postmortem; TrkB hypomorphic

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZATROPINE MESILATE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HALOPERIDOL; NEUROTROPHIN 3 RECEPTOR; PARVALBUMIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-DYSKINESIA AGENTS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; BENZTROPINE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HALOPERIDOL; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURAL INHIBITION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, TRKB; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 12144270390     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4035-04.2005     Document Type: Article

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