Identification of a specific assembly of the G protein Golf as a critical and regulated module of dopamine and adenosine-activated cAMP pathways in the striatum

Frontiers in Neuroanatomy

Volumn , Issue AUG, 2011, Pages 1-9

  Hervé, Denis ^a,b,c  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSTITUT DU FER À MOULIN   (France)

Author keywords

A 2A; cAMP pathway; Cocaine; D1 receptor; Extracellular signal regulated kinase; Gnal gene; Heterotrimeric G protein; Parkinson's disease; Receptor

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; ADENOSINE A2A RECEPTOR; ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADENYLATE CYCLASE 5; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT OLF TYPE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN BETA SUBUNIT 2; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN GAMMA SUBUNIT 7; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; STIMULATORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CORPUS STRIATUM; COUPLING FACTOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GNAL GENE; GNAS GENE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN G OLF SUBUNIT ALPHA GENE; HUMAN; MEDIUM SPINY NEURON; METABOLIC REGULATION; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84861319373     PISSN: 16625129     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnana.2011.00048     Document Type: Review

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