Silencing the Majority of Cerebellar Granule Cells Uncovers Their Essential Role in Motor Learning and Consolidation

Cell Reports

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1239-1251

  Galliano, Elisa ^a   Gao, Zhenyu ^a   Schonewille, Martijn ^a   Todorov, Boyan ^b   Simons, Esther ^a   Pop, Andreea S ^a   D'Angelo, Egidio ^c   Van Den Maagdenberg, Arn M J M ^b   Hoebeek, Freek E ^a   De Zeeuw, Chris I ^a,d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CHANNEL P TYPE; CALCIUM CHANNEL Q TYPE; CRE RECOMBINASE; VOLTAGE GATED CALCIUM CHANNEL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CACNA1A GENE; CELL FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITATORY POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; GENE; GENOTYPE; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; LOXP SITE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE ENDING; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURKINJE CELL; SPIKE WAVE; STELLATE CELL;

ANIMALS; AXONS; CALCIUM CHANNELS, N-TYPE; CEREBELLUM; GENE SILENCING; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PURKINJE CELLS; SYNAPSES;

VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84876975790     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22111247     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2013.03.023     Document Type: Article

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