BDNF transgene improves ataxic and motor behaviors in stargazer mice

Brain Research

Volumn 1160, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-57

  Meng, Hongdi ^a   Larson, Sarah K ^a   Gao, Rui ^a   Qiao, Xiaoxi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cerebellar ataxia; Footprint analysis; Motor behavior; Stargazer; Transgene

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; CYTOARCHITECTURE; GAIT; IN VIVO STUDY; LOCOMOTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWIMMING; TRANSGENE; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ATAXIA; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM CHANNELS; CEREBELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RNA, MESSENGER; SWIMMING;

MUS;

EID: 34447338602     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2007.05.048     Document Type: Article

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