Article
Zebrin II expressing Purkinje cell phenotype-related and -unrelated cerebellar abnormalities in Cav2.1 mutant, rolling mouse Nagoya.
TheScientificWorldJournal - 12 Oct 2010
Sawada Kazuhiko, Fukui Yoshihiro
Abstract excerpt
Rolling mouse Nagoya is an ataxic mutant mouse that carries a mutation in a gene encoding for the alpha 1A subunit of the voltage-gated P/Q-type Ca2+ channel (Cav2.1). This report summarizes our studies and others concerning cerebellar abnormalities in rolling mice based on chemical neuroanatomy. While there are no obvious cerebellar deformations in this mutant mouse, the altered functions of Purkinje cells can...
Topics
- Animals
- Ataxia
- Calcium Channels, N-Type
- Cerebellum
- Mice
- Mice, Neurologic Mutants
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Phenotype
- Purkinje Cells
- Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel
- Tyrosine 3-Monooxygenase
