The transcription factor Npas4 contributes to adolescent development of prefrontal inhibitory circuits, and to cognitive and emotional functions: Implications for neuropsychiatric disorders

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 36-46

  Shepard, Ryan ^a   Heslin, Kelsey ^a   Coutellier, Laurence ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; GABAergic system; Mice; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Transcription factor Npas4

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 67; PARVALBUMIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR NPAS4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; GABAERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE 1; MESSENGER RNA; NPAS4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL INHIBITION; NERVE TRACT; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GABA AGENTS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMATE DECARBOXYLASE; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NEURAL INHIBITION; NEURAL PATHWAYS; PARVALBUMINS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 85007227424     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: 1095953X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2016.12.012     Document Type: Article

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