Differential expression of calcineurin A subunit mRNA isoforms during rat hippocampal and cerebellar development

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3017-3024

  Eastwood, Sharon L ^a   Salih, Tom ^a   Harrison, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Hippocampus; In situ hybridization; Protein phosphatase 2B; Schizophrenia; Sprague Dawley rats

Indexed keywords

CALCINEURIN; CALCINEURIN A; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRESYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; PROTEIN VARIANT; RAT; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CALCINEURIN; CEREBELLUM; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 29344436992     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2005.04518.x     Document Type: Article

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