Serotonin of mast cell origin contributes to hippocampal function

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2347-2359

  Nautiyal, Katherine M ^a   Dailey, Christopher A ^b   Jahn, Jaquelyn L ^c   Rodriquez, Elizabeth ^a   Son, Nguyen Hong ^b   Sweedler, Jonathan V ^b   Silver, Rae ^a,c,d  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c Program on US Russia Relations at Columbia s Harriman Institute   (United States)

^d Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Hippocampus; Neurogenesis; Psychoneuroimmunology; Serotonin; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; SEROTONIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN SIZE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; DENTATE GYRUS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAST CELL; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FLUOXETINE; HIPPOCAMPUS; LEARNING; MAST CELLS; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEUROGENESIS; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITORS;

EID: 84864824179     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08138.x     Document Type: Article

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