Hippocampal microRNA-132 mediates stress-inducible cognitive deficits through its acetylcholinesterase target

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-72

  Shaltiel, G ^a   Hanan, M ^a   Wolf, Y ^a   Barbash, S ^a   Kovalev, E ^b   Shoham, S ^b   Soreq, H ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HERZOG HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase; Cholinergic; Cognition; MicroRNA 132; P250GAP; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA 132; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN C FOS;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CELL LABELING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE TEST; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UPREGULATION;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DOWN-REGULATION; ELECTROSHOCK; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GPI-LINKED PROTEINS; GTPASE-ACTIVATING PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICRORNAS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCARINIC AGONISTS; PILOCARPINE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION; UP-REGULATION;

LENTIVIRUS; MUS;

EID: 84872293448     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-011-0376-z     Document Type: Article

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