Increased hippocampal excitability and impaired spatial memory function in mice lacking VGLUT2 selectively in neurons defined by tyrosine hydroxylase promoter activity

Brain Structure and Function

Volumn 220, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 2171-2190

  Nordenankar, Karin ^a   Smith Anttila, Casey J A ^a   Schweizer, Nadine ^a   Viereckel, Thomas ^a   Birgner, Carolina ^a   Mejia Toiber, Jana ^b   Morales, Marisela ^b   Leao, Richardson N ^a,c   Wallén Mackenzie, Åsa ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Development; Midbrain; Mouse genetics; Oscillations; Reward

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERNEXIN; BETA TUBULIN; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT PROTEIN; NESTIN; SYNAPSIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER 2; VESICULAR MONOAMINE TRANSPORTER 2; 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; DOPAMINE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; SLC17A6 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; VIAAT PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADULT; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MAZE TEST; MESENCEPHALON; METENCEPHALON; MOUSE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REFERENCE MEMORY; REINFORCEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL MEMORY; SUBVENTRICULAR ZONE; WORKING MEMORY; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DEFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MEMORY DISORDER; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

MUS;

3,4-DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DOPAMINE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN VITRO TECHNIQUES; MAZE LEARNING; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MEMORY DISORDERS; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SYNAPSINS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VESICULAR GLUTAMATE TRANSPORT PROTEIN 2; VESICULAR INHIBITORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84933180352     PISSN: 18632653     EISSN: 18632661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00429-014-0778-9     Document Type: Article

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