2012
Learning and Memory Depend on Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 Functioning in Hippocampus
Stevens HE, Jiang GY, Schwartz ML, Vaccarino FM. Learning and Memory Depend on Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 2 Functioning in Hippocampus. Biological Psychiatry 2012, 71: 1090-1098. PMID: 22541947, PMCID: PMC3371339, DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2012.03.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFGF receptor 2Fibroblast growth factorDentate gyrusReceptor 2Embryonic knockoutWater maze probe trialGrowth factor receptor 2Reference memoryFactor receptor 2Spatial reference memoryNeural stem cellsFibroblast growth factor receptor 2Immature neuronsCortical neuronsHippocampal volumeInducible knockout miceParvalbumin interneuronsShort-term learningGranule cellsKnockout miceSeparate cellular componentsHippocampusLong-term reference memoryAdult spatial memoryGrowth factor
2006
Early Postnatal Astroglial Cells Produce Multilineage Precursors and Neural Stem Cells In Vivo
Ganat YM, Silbereis J, Cave C, Ngu H, Anderson GM, Ohkubo Y, Ment LR, Vaccarino FM. Early Postnatal Astroglial Cells Produce Multilineage Precursors and Neural Stem Cells In Vivo. Journal Of Neuroscience 2006, 26: 8609-8621. PMID: 16914687, PMCID: PMC6674357, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2532-06.2006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnimals, NewbornAstrocytesBrainCell DifferentiationCell LineageCerebral VentriclesDoublecortin ProteinFemaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHumansIntegrasesMaleMiceMice, TransgenicNeuronsOlfactory BulbOligodendrogliaPromoter Regions, GeneticRecombination, GeneticStem CellsTransgenesConceptsDentate gyrusHuman GFAP promoterCerebral cortexAstroglial cellsSubventricular zoneOlfactory bulbPostnatal brainNeural progenitor/stem cellsPostnatal day 5First postnatal weekProgenitor/stem cellsStem cellsInducible Cre recombinaseNeural stem cellsGenetic fate mappingMature neuronsPostnatal weekCNS regionsWhite matterDay 5GFAP promoterNeural precursorsCortexNeuronsCre recombinase
2004
Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Is Required for the Proliferation of Hippocampal Progenitor Cells and for Hippocampal Growth in Mouse
Ohkubo Y, Uchida AO, Shin D, Partanen J, Vaccarino FM. Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor 1 Is Required for the Proliferation of Hippocampal Progenitor Cells and for Hippocampal Growth in Mouse. Journal Of Neuroscience 2004, 24: 6057-6069. PMID: 15240797, PMCID: PMC6729672, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.1140-04.2004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAntigens, DifferentiationCell CountCell LineageCell ProliferationCells, CulturedHeredodegenerative Disorders, Nervous SystemHippocampusHumansIn Situ HybridizationLateral VentriclesMiceMice, TransgenicMutagenesis, Site-DirectedNeurogliaNeuronsPyramidal CellsReceptor Protein-Tyrosine KinasesReceptor, Fibroblast Growth Factor, Type 1Receptors, Fibroblast Growth FactorRNA, MessengerStem CellsTransgenesConceptsHippocampal ventricular zonesDentate gyrusGrowth factor receptor 1Fibroblast growth factor receptor 1Factor receptor 1Ventricular zoneNeural stem cellsPyramidal neuronsHippocampal growthProgenitor cellsGranule cellsReceptor 1Glial fibrillary acidic protein promoterHuman glial fibrillary acidic protein promoterEmbryonic dorsal telencephalonRadial glial-like cellsRadial glial progenitor cellsHippocampal dentate gyrusParvalbumin-containing interneuronsDG granule cellsHippocampal pyramidal neuronsStem cellsHippocampal progenitor cellsRole of FGFR1Glial progenitor cells