Aspartate racemase, generating neuronal D-aspartate, regulates adult neurogenesis

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3175-3179

  Kim, Paul M ^a   Duan, Xin ^a,b   Huang, Alex S ^a   Liu, Cindy Y ^a   Ming, Guo Li ^a   Song, Hongjun ^a   Snyder, Solomon H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Neural progenitor cells; Neuroendocrine; Neuronal development; NMDA receptor

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE RACEMASE; DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; SHORT HAIRPIN RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HIPPOCAMPUS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON TRANSPORT;

AMINO ACID ISOMERASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; D-ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; GENETIC VECTORS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INVERTED REPEAT SEQUENCES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEUROGENESIS; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RETROVIRIDAE; STEM CELLS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 77649248890     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0914706107     Document Type: Article

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