Functional and mechanistic exploration of an adult neurogenesis-promoting small molecule

FASEB Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3148-3162

  Petrik, David ^a   Jiang, Yindi ^a   Birnbaum, Shari G ^a   Powell, Craig M ^b   Kim, Mi Sung ^a,c   Hsieh, Jenny ^a   Eisch, Amelia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical biology; Dendrites; Mef2; Morris water maze; Neural stem cells

Indexed keywords

ISOXAZOLE; ISOXAZOLE 9; MYOCYTE ENHANCER FACTOR 2; ORGANIC COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITE; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEURAL STEM CELL; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; CELL PROLIFERATION; DENDRITIC CELLS; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; ISOXAZOLES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MYOGENIC REGULATORY FACTORS; NEURAL STEM CELLS; NEUROGENESIS; THIOPHENES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84864755829     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-201426     Document Type: Article

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