Albumin induces excitatory synaptogenesis through astrocytic TGF-β/ALK5 signaling in a model of acquired epilepsy following blood-brain barrier dysfunction

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 115-125

  Weissberg, Itai ^a   Wood, Lydia ^b   Kamintsky, Lyn ^a   Vazquez, Oscar ^b   Milikovsky, Dan Z ^a   Alexander, Allyson ^c   Oppenheim, Hannah ^b   Ardizzone, Carolyn ^b   Becker, Albert ^d   Frigerio, Federica ^e   Vezzani, Annamaria ^e   Buckwalter, Marion S ^c   Huguenard, John R ^c   Friedman, Alon ^a   Kaufer, Daniela ^b,f  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^f CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED RESEARCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumin; ALK5; Astrocytes; Blood brain barrier (BBB); Epilepsy; Post insult epilepsy (PIE); Post traumatic epilepsy (PTE); Seizures; Synaptogenesis; TGF

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SJN 2511; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; SERUM ALBUMIN; TGF-BETA TYPE I RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPTOGENESIS; TRAUMATIC EPILEPSY; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPILEPSY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SEIZURE; SYNAPSE;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPILEPSY; HIPPOCAMPUS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECEPTORS, TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; SEIZURES; SERUM ALBUMIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSES; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 84927523658     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2015.02.029     Document Type: Article

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