2009
Hypoxic Injury during Neonatal Development in Murine Brain: Correlation between In Vivo DTI Findings and Behavioral Assessment
Chahboune H, Ment LR, Stewart WB, Rothman DL, Vaccarino FM, Hyder F, Schwartz ML. Hypoxic Injury during Neonatal Development in Murine Brain: Correlation between In Vivo DTI Findings and Behavioral Assessment. Cerebral Cortex 2009, 19: 2891-2901. PMID: 19380380, PMCID: PMC2774398, DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhp068.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChronic sublethal hypoxiaLow birth weight preterm infantsBirth weight preterm infantsHypoxia-induced modificationNeonatal rodent modelPreterm birth resultsWeight preterm infantsSignificant neurodevelopmental disabilitiesOpen field taskGreater locomotor activityPreterm infantsPreterm birthNeurodevelopmental consequencesBirth resultsHypoxic injurySomatosensory cortexCaudate putamenCallosal connectivityCorpus callosumBehavioral deficitsNeurodevelopmental disabilitiesRodent modelsNeonatal developmentDTI findingsSublethal hypoxia
2006
Uncoupling protein‐2 promotes nigrostriatal dopamine neuronal function
Andrews ZB, Rivera A, Elsworth JD, Roth RH, Agnati L, Gago B, Abizaid A, Schwartz M, Fuxe K, Horvath TL. Uncoupling protein‐2 promotes nigrostriatal dopamine neuronal function. European Journal Of Neuroscience 2006, 24: 32-36. PMID: 16882005, DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2006.04906.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords3,4-Dihydroxyphenylacetic AcidAnimalsCorpus StriatumDopamineDopamine Plasma Membrane Transport ProteinsImmunohistochemistryIon ChannelsMaleMembrane Transport ProteinsMiceMice, KnockoutMitochondrial ProteinsMotor ActivityNeuronsSubstantia NigraTyrosine 3-MonooxygenaseUncoupling Protein 2ConceptsSubstantia nigra pars compactaDopamine neuronal functionUCP2-KO miceParkinson's diseaseNeuronal functionNigrostriatal dopamine functionTyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivityUCP2 knockout miceDopamine transporter immunoreactivityProtein 2Wild-type controlsHydroxylase immunoreactivityPars compactaDopamine turnoverTransporter immunoreactivityDopamine ratioBehavioral deficitsLocomotor functionNucleus accumbensBiochemical deficitsDopamine functionBrain regionsNeurological pathologiesDiseaseMice