The Moonwalker Mouse: New Insights into TRPC3 Function, Cerebellar Development, and Ataxia

Cerebellum

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 628-636

  Becker, Esther B E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ataxia; Cerebellum; Mouse model; Purkinje cell; TRPC3 channel; Unipolar brush cell

Indexed keywords

TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL 3; TRANSIENT RECEPTOR POTENTIAL CHANNEL C;

ANIMAL; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODEL; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CEREBELLUM; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; TRPC CATION CHANNELS;

EID: 84922263198     PISSN: 14734222     EISSN: 14734230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12311-014-0564-5     Document Type: Review

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