Brain-derived neurotrophic factor expression and respiratory function improve after ampakine treatment in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 40, 2007, Pages 10912-10917

  Ogier, Michael ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Hong, Elizabeth ^b   Wang, Qifang ^a   Greenberg, Michael E ^b   Katz, David M ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

AMPA receptors modulator; Mecp2 null mice; Minute volume; Neurotrophin expression; Nodose ganglion; Respiratory frequency

Indexed keywords

1 (1,4 BENZODIOXAN 6 YLCARBONYL)PIPERIDINE; AMPA RECEPTOR; AMPAKINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CX 546; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PIPERIDINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEPOLARIZATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENE; HOMEOSTASIS; MECP2 GENE; MOUSE; NODOSE GANGLION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RETT SYNDROME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELLS, CULTURED; DEPSIPEPTIDES; DIOXOLES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; NODOSE GANGLION; PIPERIDINES; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RETT SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TETRODOTOXIN;

EID: 35148840586     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 02706474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1869-07.2007     Document Type: Article

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