Deletion of the citron kinase gene selectively affects the number and distribution of interneurons in barrelfield cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 513, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-264

  Muzzi, Patrizia ^a,b   Camera, Paola ^c   Di Cunto, Ferdinando ^c   Vercelli, Alessandro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b National Institute of Neuroscience   (Italy)

^c Molecular Biotechnology Center   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barrel cortex; Cytokinesis; Epilepsy; GABAergic neurons; Voronoi polygons

Indexed keywords

CALBINDIN; CALRETININ; CITRON KINASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PARVALBUMIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN GROWTH; BRAIN SIZE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; EPILEPSY; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; GENE DELETION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNEURON; MICROCEPHALY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL COUNT; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE DELETION; INTERNEURONS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 62849126062     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21927     Document Type: Article

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