Article
Reelin down-regulation in mice and psychosis endophenotypes.
Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Jan 2006
Tueting Patricia, Doueiri Mohemed-Salim, Guidotti Alessandro, Davis John M, Costa Erminio
Abstract excerpt
Reelin, a large glycoprotein secreted by telencephalic GABAergic neurons, plays an important role in neuronal guidance embryonically and in synaptic plasticity postnatally. The reeler heterozygous mouse (+/rl) appears superficially normal but has been of interest as an animal model for psychosis since the discovery that reelin is 50% down-regulated in postmortem psychotic brain. Brain abnormalities in +/rl are...
Topics
- Animals
- Behavior, Animal
- Brain
- Cell Adhesion Molecules, Neuronal
- Disease Models, Animal
- Down-Regulation
- Extracellular Matrix Proteins
- Glutamate Decarboxylase
- Humans
- Isoenzymes
- Mice
