Conditional neuroligin-2 knockout in adult medial prefrontal cortex links chronic changes in synaptic inhibition to cognitive impairments

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 850-859

  Liang, J ^a,b   Xu, W ^a   Hsu, Y T ^a   Yee, A X ^a   Chen, L ^a   Sudhof T C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROLIGIN; NEUROLIGIN 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NERVE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEAR; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX; MEMORY; MOUSE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SYNAPTIC INHIBITION; ANIMAL; CONDITIONING; DEFICIENCY; GENETICS; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSE; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES, NEURONAL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL INHIBITION; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYNAPSES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 84932197978     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2015.31     Document Type: Article

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