2004年3月
Enhanced long-term potentiation in vivo in dentate gyrus of NELL2-deficient mice
NEUROREPORT
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- 巻
- 15
- 号
- 3
- 開始ページ
- 417
- 終了ページ
- 420
- 記述言語
- 英語
- 掲載種別
- DOI
- 10.1097/01.wnr.0000111329.38420.bf
- 出版者・発行元
- LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
NELL2 is a neuron-specific thrombospondin-1-like extracellular protein containing six epidermal growth factor-like domains and is highly expressed in the hippocampus. We have previously shown that NELL2 promotes survival of neurons through mitogen-activated protein kinases. To clarify the function of NELL2 in vivo, we have generated a novel strain of mice with a targeted mutation in the NELL2 gene and assessed long-term potentiation (LTP) in vivo in the dentate gyrus of NELL2-deficient mice using extracellular recording techniques. Production of LTP at perforant path-granule cell synapses was significantly larger in NELL2-deficient mice than in wild-type controls. Thus, we propose that NELL2 plays an important role as a novel suppressor in LTP in vivo in the mouse dentate gyrus.
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- DOI : 10.1097/01.wnr.0000111329.38420.bf
- ISSN : 0959-4965
- Web of Science ID : WOS:000225140000007