Neuronal excitation upregulates Tbr1, a high-confidence risk gene of autism, mediating Grin2b expression in the adult brain

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Chuang, Hsiu Chun ^a,b   Huang, Tzyy Nan ^b   Hsueh, Yi Ping ^a,b  

^a Graduate Institute of Life Sciences at TKU   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism; Grin2b; Immediate early gene; Neuronal activation; Tbr1

Indexed keywords

AMPA RECEPTOR; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE II; GLUTAMIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BRAIN CELL; CELL ACTIVATION; CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEURONAL ACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84907205306     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2014.00280     Document Type: Article

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