Alpha-synuclein deficiency affects brain Foxp1 expression and ultrasonic vocalization

Neuroscience

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 785-795

  Kurz, A ^a   Wohr M ^b   Walter, M ^c   Bonin, M ^c   Auburger, G ^a   Gispert, S ^a   Schwarting, R K W ^b  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

alpha synuclein deficiency; FOXP1; GABRG2; transcriptome analysis; ultrasonic vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; FORKHEAD BOX P1 PROTEIN; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; SENESCENCE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ULTRASONIC VOCALIZATION; VOCALIZATION;

AGING; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOWN-REGULATION; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77249161634     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2009.12.054     Document Type: Article

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