Deficient neuron-microglia signaling results in impaired functional brain connectivity and social behavior

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 400-406

  Zhan, Yang ^a   Paolicelli, Rosa C ^a   Sforazzini, Francesco ^b,c   Weinhard, Laetitia ^a   Bolasco, Giulia ^a   Pagani, Francesca ^d   Vyssotski, Alexei L ^e   Bifone, Angelo ^b   Gozzi, Alessandro ^b   Ragozzino, Davide ^d,f   Gross, Cornelius T ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^c IMT SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES LUCCA   (Italy)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e Institute of Neuroinformatics Zurich   (Switzerland)

^f IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CX3CR1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN FUNCTION; COMPULSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROOMING; MALE; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; CONNECTOME; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROGLIA; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84896692474     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3641     Document Type: Article

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