Thalamic calcification in vitamin D receptor knockout mice

NeuroReport

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 717-721

  Kalueff, Allan ^a   Loseva, Elena ^a   Haapasalo, Hannu ^b   Rantala, Immo ^b   Keranen, Jaakko ^b   Lou, Yan Ru ^a   Minasyan, Anna ^a   Keisala, Tiina ^a   Miettinen, Susanna ^a   Kuuslahti, Marianne ^a   Tuchimaa, Pentii ^a,b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Knockout mice; Laminated bodies; Thalamic calcification; Vitamin D receptors

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; PHOSPHORUS; STEROID HORMONE; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMINERALIZATION; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LAMINATED BODY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THALAMIC CALCIFICATION; THALAMUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHORUS; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; THALAMUS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 33745464027     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wnr.0000215770.79281.e4     Document Type: Article

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