Region-specific alteration of GABAergic markers in the brain of heterozygous reeler mice

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 689-698

  Nullmeier, S ^a   Panther, P ^a   Dobrowolny, H ^a   Frotscher, M ^b   Zhao, S ^b   Schwegler, H ^a   Wolf, R ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

GABA; GAD67; Parvalbumin; Reelin; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PARVALBUMIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HETEROZYGOSITY; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAPHE NUCLEUS; STRATUM ORIENS; STRATUM PYRAMIDALE; STRATUM RADIATUM; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 79951505717     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2010.07563.x     Document Type: Article

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