MeCP2 in the rostral striatum maintains local dopamine content critical for psychomotor control

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 35, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 6209-6220

  Su, San Hua ^a   Kao, Fang Chi ^a   Huang, Yi Bo ^a   Liao, Wenlin ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Methyl CpG binding protein 2; Motor control; Rett syndrome; Striatum

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; DLX5 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ACCELERATING ROTAROD TASK; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; BARNES MAZE TEST; BEHAVIOR; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA EXTRACTION; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; ELEVATED ZERO MAZE TEST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; RETT SYNDROME; ROSTRAL STRIATUM; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TISSUE PREPARATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN CORTEX; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; MAZE TEST; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUTATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84929239197     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4624-14.2015     Document Type: Article

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