Loss of MeCP2 in Parvalbumin-and Somatostatin-Expressing Neurons in Mice Leads to Distinct Rett Syndrome-like Phenotypes

Neuron

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 651-658

  Ito Ishida, Aya ^a,b   Ure, Kerstin ^a,b   Chen, Hongmei ^a,b   Swann, John W ^a,b   Zoghbi, Huda Y ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; PARVALBUMIN; SOMATOSTATIN; MECP2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RETT SYNDROME; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MEMORY; METABOLISM; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; SEIZURE; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEREOTYPY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; MEMORY; METHYL-CPG-BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEURONS; PARVALBUMINS; PHENOTYPE; RETT SYNDROME; SEIZURES; SENSATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOMATOSTATIN; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84959361431     PISSN: 08966273     EISSN: 10974199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.029     Document Type: Article

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