Acute intermittent hypoxia-induced expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor is disrupted in the brainstem of methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 null mice

Neuroscience

Volumn 206, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-6

  Vermehren Schmaedick, A ^a,c   Jenkins, V K ^a,d   Knopp, S J ^b   Balkowiec, A ^a   Bissonnette, J M ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oregon Health and Science University Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^d Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

Medulla; Pons; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CARBON DIOXIDE; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYPOXANTHINE PHOSPHORIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

AMBIENT AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENCEPHALE ISOLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXPOSURE; HYPOXIA; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANOXIA; BRAIN STEM; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RETT SYNDROME; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 84857642009     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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