Mecp2 deficiency disrupts norepinephrine and respiratory systems in mice

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 25, Issue 50, 2005, Pages 11521-11530

  Viemari, Jean Charles ^a   Roux, Jean Christophe ^b   Tryba, Andrew K ^a,g   Saywell, Véronique ^b   Burnet, Henri ^c   Peña, Fernando ^a,d   Zanella, Sébastien ^c   Bévengut, Michelle ^c   Barthelemy Requin, Magali ^c   Herzing, Laura B K ^e   Moncla, Anne ^b   Mancini, Josette ^f   Ramirez, Jan Marino ^a   Villard, Laurent ^b   Hilaire, Gérard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

A1 C1 neurons; A2 C2 neurons; Mecp2 gene; Norepinephrine; Respiration; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APNEA; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BRAIN STEM; BREATHING; BREATHING DISORDER; BREATHING PATTERN; CELL COUNT; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METHYL CPG BINDING DOMAIN PROTEIN 2 GENE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVE FIBER; NEUROPHARMACOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NORADRENERGIC SYSTEM; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RESPIRATORY ARREST; RETT SYNDROME; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NOREPINEPHRINE; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM ABNORMALITIES; RETT SYNDROME;

EID: 30144441211     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4373-05.2005     Document Type: Article

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