Late-onset olfactory deficits and mitral cell loss in mice lacking prion protein with ectopic expression of Doppel

International Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 169-176

  Kim, Chi Kyeong ^a   Sakudo, Akikazu ^a   Taniuchi, Yojiro ^a   Shigematsu, Kazuto ^b   Kang, Chung Boo ^c   Saeki, Keiichi ^a   Matsumoto, Yoshitsugu ^a   Sakaguchi, Suehiro ^b   Itohara, Shigeyoshi ^d   Onodera, Takashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Doppel; Knock out mouse; Olfactory bulb; Prion protein

Indexed keywords

CASP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; CASPASE 3; PRND PROTEIN, MOUSE; PRNP PROTEIN, MOUSE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CELL COUNT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GLIOSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; OLFACTORY BULB; ONSET AGE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRION; SMELLING DISORDER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGE OF ONSET; AGING; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CASPASE 3; CELL COUNT; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLIOSIS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OLFACTION DISORDERS; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIONS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 35448993375     PISSN: 11073756     EISSN: 1791244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijmm.20.2.169     Document Type: Article

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