Correction of respiratory disorders in a mouse model of Rett syndrome

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

Volumn 107, Issue 42, 2010, Pages 18208-18213

  Abdala, Ana P L ^a   Dutschmann, Mathias ^b   Bissonnette, John M ^c   Paton, Julian F R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apnea; GABA; Respiration; Serotonin 1a receptor

Indexed keywords

1 [2 (BENZHYDRYLIDENEAMINOOXY)ETHYL] 1,2,5,6 TETRAHYDRO 3 PYRIDINECARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 DIPROPYLAMINO 8 HYDROXYTETRALIN; 7 TERT BUTYL 3 (2,5 DIFLUOROPHENYL) 6 (2 METHYL 2H 1,2,4 TRIAZOL 3 YLMETHOXY) 1,2,4 TRIAZOLO[4,3 B]PYRIDAZINE; DIAZEPAM; SEROTONIN 1A AGONIST;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; APNEA; ARTICLE; BREATHING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NERVE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETT SYNDROME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL NERVE; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; APNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; GABA ANTAGONISTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; RETT SYNDROME; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR AGONISTS;

MUS;

EID: 78149259999     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1012104107     Document Type: Article

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