Vascular changes in the cerebellum of Norrin/Ndph knockout mice correlate with high expression of Norrin and Frizzled-4

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2619-2628

  Luhmann, Ulrich F O ^a,c   Neidhardt, John ^a   Kloeckener Gruissem, Barbara ^a,b   Schäfer, Nikolaus F ^a   Glaus, Esther ^a   Feil, Silke ^a   Berger, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain; Hypoxia; Lrp5; Mental retardation; Norrie disease

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEIN 5; NERVE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ITGRB3; PROTEIN NORRIN; SECRETED FRIZZLED RELATED PROTEIN 4; TIE 1 RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRANULAR CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY BULB; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PURKINJE CELL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VASCULARIZATION; WILD TYPE;

ANGIOGENESIS MODULATING AGENTS; ANGIOGENIC PROTEINS; ANIMALS; CEREBELLUM; CEREBRAL ARTERIES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FRIZZLED RECEPTORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LDL-RECEPTOR RELATED PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PURKINJE CELLS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED;

EID: 44649118001     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2008.06237.x     Document Type: Article

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