Reduced phosphorylation of synapsin I in the hippocampus of Engrailed-2 knockout mice, a model for autism spectrum disorders

Neuroscience

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 122-130

  Provenzano, G ^a   Pangrazzi, L ^a,d   Poli, A ^a   Sgado P ^a   Berardi, N ^b,c   Bozzi, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Autism; ERK; Learning; Mouse; Neurotransmission; Synapse

Indexed keywords

ENGRAILED 2 PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROFIBROMIN; SERINE; SYNAPSIN I; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SYNAPSIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL LOSS; CEREBELLUM HYPOPLASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; INTERNEURON; LEARNING TEST; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; SEIZURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL LEARNING; SYNAPSINS;

EID: 84916613351     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: 18737544     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.11.041     Document Type: Article

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