Phenotype of cerebellar glutamatergic neurons is altered in stargazer mutant mice lacking brain-derived neurotrophic factor mRNA expression

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 481, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-159

  Richardson, Christine A ^a   Leitch, Beulah ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BDNF; Cerebellum; Glutamate; Immunogold; Plasticity; Stargazer

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN PROTEIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN NERVE CELL; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GRANULE CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOSSY FIBER; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PURKINJE CELL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNAPSE VESICLE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLUTAMIC ACID; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, NEUROLOGIC MUTANTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MUTATION; NERVE FIBERS; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; PURKINJE CELLS; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANES; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; SYNAPTIC VESICLES;

EID: 9744248623     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20386     Document Type: Article

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