Transgenic inactivation of acetylcholinesterase impairs homeostasis in mouse hippocampal granule cells

Hippocampus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 182-192

  Cohen, J E ^a   Zimmerman, G ^b   Melamed Book, N ^b   Friedman, A ^a   Dori, A ^c   Soreq, H ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

"Readthrough" acetylcholinesterase; Acetylcholine; Alternative splicing; Dentate gyrus; Neurogenesis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; BROXURIDINE; CASPASE 3; CYCLINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CELL LABELING; CELL MATURATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROLYSIS; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CONDITIONING; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE STRAIN; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CASPASE 3; CELL DIVISION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); DENTATE GYRUS; FOOD PREFERENCES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HOMEOSTASIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 39849094089     PISSN: 10509631     EISSN: 10981063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hipo.20381     Document Type: Article

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