Cellular resilience: 5-HT neurons in Tph2-/- mice retain normal firing behavior despite the lack of brain 5-HT

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2022-2035

  Montalbano, Alberto ^a   Waider, Jonas ^b   Barbieri, Mario ^c   Baytas, Ozan ^b   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^b   Corradetti, Renato ^a   Mlinar, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dorsal raphe; Electrophysiology; Ih; Membrane channels; Neuron firing; Tph2 null mice

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; POTASSIUM CHANNEL; TPH2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN SLICE; BRAIN STEM; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMBRANE STEADY POTENTIAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP TECHNIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEROTONINERGIC NERVE CELL; SPIKE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEFICIENCY; DRUG EFFECTS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; DORSAL RAPHE NUCLEUS; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; PATCH-CLAMP TECHNIQUES; POTASSIUM CHANNELS; SEROTONERGIC NEURONS; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 84947488754     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2015.08.021     Document Type: Article

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