Decreased CREB levels suppress epilepsy

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 253-263

  Zhu, Xinjian ^a   Han, Xiao ^a   Blendy, Julie A ^b   Porter, Brenda E ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CAMP response element modulator (CREM); Cyclic amp response element binding protein (CREB); Epilepsy; Inducible cAMP early repressor (ICER); Kindling; Pilocarpine

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT MODULATOR; INDUCIBLE CAMP EARLY REPRESSOR PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; MUTANT PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC STATE; EPILEPTOGENESIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MOUSE; NERVE STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SEIZURE; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT-BINDING PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; PHOSPHORYLATION; PILOCARPINE; SEIZURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATUS EPILEPTICUS; SYMPORTERS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 81955164885     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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