Choline transporter 1 maintains cholinergic function in choline acetyltransferase haploinsufficiency

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 5459-5466

  Brandon, Eugene P ^a,e   Mellott, Tiffany ^b   Pizzo, Donald P ^c   Coufal, Nicole ^c   D'Amour, Kevin A ^a   Gobeske, Kevin ^a   Lortie, Mark ^d   López Coviella, Ignacio ^b   Berse, Brygida ^b   Thal, Leon J ^c   Gage, Fred H ^a   Blusztajn, Jan Krzysztof ^b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Ceregene Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylcholine; Behavior; Choline acetyltransferase; Choline transporter; Cholinergic; Congenital myasthenic syndrome with episodic apnea

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CHOLINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; CHOLINE TRANSPORTER 1; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROTRANSMITTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLCHOLINE BRAIN LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN SLICE; CHOLINE UPTAKE; CHOLINERGIC NERVE CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLCHOLINE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRAIN; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; HIPPOCAMPUS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEPTUM OF BRAIN; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 3042602081     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1106-04.2004     Document Type: Article

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