Loss of Prion Protein Leads to Age-Dependent Behavioral Abnormalities and Changes in Cytoskeletal Protein Expression

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 923-936

  Schmitz, Matthias ^a   Greis, Catharina ^a   Ottis, Philipp ^b   Silva, Christopher J ^d   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter J ^a   Wrede, Arne ^a   Koppe, Katharina ^b   Onisko, Bruce ^c   Requena, Jesús R ^e   Govindarajan, Nambirajan ^f   Korth, Carsten ^b   Fischer, Andre ^a,f   Zerr, Inga ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c OniPro Biosciences   (United States)

^d WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e Universidade de Santiago de Compostela and Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^f GERMAN CENTER FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES DZNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aging; Cellular prion protein; Cytoskeleton; Neuroprotection

Indexed keywords

CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; PRION PROTEIN;

AGE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CONDITIONED REFLEX; CYTOSKELETON; FEAR; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LEARNING; MALE; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOMICS; RECOGNITION;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; CYTOSKELETON; FEAR; LEARNING; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEOMICS; PRPC PROTEINS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84894704250     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8655-3     Document Type: Review

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