Ablation of ErbB4 from excitatory neurons leads to reduced dendritic spine density in mouse prefrontal cortex

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 522, Issue 14, 2014, Pages 3351-3362

  Cooper, Margaret A ^a   Koleske, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Layer V; Neuregulin; Neurodevelopment; Receptor tyrosine kinase; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; DLGH4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ERBB4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NES PROTEIN, MOUSE; NESTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC SPINE; EXCITATORY JUNCTION POTENTIAL; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TRANSGENE; WESTERN BLOTTING; AGE; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PHYSIOLOGY; SYNAPSE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE TYPE 2; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DENDRITIC SPINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; GUANYLATE KINASE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NESTIN; NEURONS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, ERBB-4; SYNAPSES; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 84904543094     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.23615     Document Type: Article

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