The disease progression of Mecp2 mutant mice is affected by the level of BDNF expression

Neuron

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 341-348

  Chang, Qiang ^a   Khare, Gargi ^b   Dani, Vardhan ^c   Nelson, Sacha ^c   Jaenisch, Rudolf ^a,b  

^a WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN METABOLISM; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; RETT SYNDROME; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSGENE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; NEURONS; ORGAN SIZE; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; RETT SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 31444434393     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2005.12.027     Document Type: Article

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