Activity-dependent regulation of the dopamine phenotype in substantia nigra neurons

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 497-515

  Aumann, Tim ^a   Horne, Mal ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calcium; Dopamine; Gene expression; Parkinson's disease; Substantia nigra pars compacta; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CALCIUM TRANSPORT; CELL THERAPY; DOPAMINE GENE; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA PARS COMPACTA; TH GENE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CALCIUM SIGNALING; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINERGIC NEURONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 84859770043     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: 14714159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2012.07703.x     Document Type: Review

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