Modulation of neuronal activity by phosphorylation of the K-Cl cotransporter KCC2

Trends in Neurosciences

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 726-737

  Kahle, Kristopher T ^a,b   Deeb, Tarek Z ^c   Puskarjov, Martin ^d   Silayeva, Liliya ^c   Liang, Bo ^e   Kaila, Kai ^d   Moss, Stephen J ^c,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE COTRANSPORTER KCC2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE C; SERINE; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; THREONINE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL STRESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GABAERGIC SYSTEM; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NERVE CELL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROMODULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SPASTICITY; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STRESS;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; RECEPTORS, GABA; RECEPTORS, GLYCINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMPORTERS;

EID: 84888874322     PISSN: 01662236     EISSN: 1878108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tins.2013.08.006     Document Type: Review

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