Evaluation of gene, protein and neurotrophin expression in the brain of mice exposed to space environment for 91 days

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Santucci, Daniela ^a   Kawano, Fuminori ^b   Ohira, Takashi ^b   Terada, Masahiro ^c   Nakai, Naoya ^b   Francia, Nadia ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^d   Ochiai, Toshimasa ^e   Cancedda, Ranieri ^f   Goto, Katsumasa ^g   Ohira, Yoshinobu ^b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^g TOYOHASHI SOZO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CALCIUM; CALMODULIN; DNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN CORTEX; CALCIUM METABOLISM; CATALYSIS; CEREBELLUM; DNA MICROARRAY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYDROLYSIS; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROGRAVITY; MICROSOME; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; SYNTHESIS; UPREGULATION;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOWN-REGULATION; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANNOTATION; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SPACE FLIGHT; TIME FACTORS; UP-REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84863618206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040112     Document Type: Article

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