Deletion of Munc18-1 in 5-HT neurons results in rapid degeneration of the 5-HT system and early postnatal lethality

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Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dudok, Jacobus J ^a,b   Groffen, Alexander J A ^a   Toonen, Ruud F T ^a   Verhage, Matthijs ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRE RECOMBINASE; SEROTONIN REUPTAKE TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC INNERVATION; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETHALITY; MOUSE; MUNCH18 1 GENE; MUTATOR GENE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBRAL CORTEX; GENE DELETION; INTEGRASES; MICE; MUNC18 PROTEINS; NERVE DEGENERATION; RAPHE NUCLEI; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 82255173873     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0028137     Document Type: Article

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