Conditional depletion of methyl-CpG-binding protein 2 in astrocytes depresses the hypercapnic ventilatory response in mice

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 670-676

  Garg, Saurabh K ^a   Lioy, Daniel T ^a   Knopp, Sharon J ^b   Bissonnette, John M ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocyte; Hypercapnic ventilatory response; Rett syndrome

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANIMAL; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; GLIA; HYPERCAPNIA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NERVE CELL;

ANIMALS; ASTROCYTES; CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLS, CULTURED; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPERCAPNIA; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 84942288209     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00411.2015     Document Type: Article

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