Enhanced phosphatase activity attenuates α-synucleinopathy in a mouse model

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6963-6971

  Lee, Kang Woo ^a   Chen, Walter ^b   Junn, Eunsung ^a   Im, Joo Young ^a   Grosso, Hilary ^a   Sonsalla, Patricia K ^a   Feng, Xuyan ^c   Ray, Neelanjana ^c   Fernandez, Jose R ^c   Chao, Yang ^c   Masliah, Eliezer ^d   Voronkov, Michael ^c   Braithwaite, Steven P ^c   Stock, Jeffry B ^b,c   Mouradian, M Maral ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Signum Biosciences   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE 2A; SERINE;

ALPHA SYNUCLEINOPATHY; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DENDRITE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MACROGLIA; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROGLIA; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASES; PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 79956317900     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.6513-10.2011     Document Type: Article

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