Mild overexpression of Mecp2 in mice causes a higher susceptibility toward seizures

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 195-210

  Bodda, Chiranjeevi ^a,b   Tantra, Martesa ^b,d   Mollajew, Rustam ^a,b   Arunachalam, Jayamuruga P ^a   Laccone, Franco A ^c   Can, Karolina ^a   Rosenberger, Albert ^a   Mironov, Sergej L ^a,b   Ehrenreich, Hannelore ^b,d   Mannan, Ashraf U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PENTETRAZOLE;

AGGRESSIVENESS; ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCIUM HOMEOSTASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; LIFESPAN; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SEIZURE;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEIZURES; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84879347537     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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