Targeting β-Catenin in GLAST-Expressing Cells: Impact on Anxiety and Depression-Related Behavior and Hippocampal Proliferation

Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 553-566

  Vidal, Rebeca ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Garro Martínez, Emilio ^a,b,c   Díaz, Álvaro ^a,b,c   Castro, Elena ^a,b,c   Florensa Zanuy, Eva ^a,b,c   Taketo, Makoto M ^g   Pazos, Ángel ^a,b,c   Pilar Cuéllar, Fuencisla ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e Universidad Complutense   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anxious like behavior; Depression animal model; Depressive like behavior; Hippocampal proliferation; catenin

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; CORTICOSTERONE; DOUBLECORTIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; TAMOXIFEN; WNT PROTEIN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SLC1A3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBGRANULAR ZONE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; C57BL MOUSE; CELL CYCLE; COMPLICATION; DENTATE GYRUS; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PROTEIN STABILITY;

ANIMALS; ANXIETY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BETA CATENIN; CELL CYCLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CORTICOSTERONE; DENTATE GYRUS; DEPRESSION; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER 1; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PROTEIN STABILITY; SOXB1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 85046697042     PISSN: 08937648     EISSN: 15591182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-018-1100-2     Document Type: Article

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