Elevated expression of endogenous glial cell line‐derived neurotrophic factor impairs spatial memory performance and raises inhibitory tone in the hippocampus
Abstract
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Keywords
ANOVA
analysis of variance
ATP
adenosine triphosphate
BSA
bovine serum albumin
CA1
cornu ammonis 1
CA3
cornu ammonis 3
CTX
cortex
D1
dopamine receptor 1
D5
dopamine receptor 5
DA
dopamine
DAergic
dopaminergic
DAT
dopamine transporter
DG
dentate gyrus
DMSO
dimethylsulfoxide
DOPAC
3
4-dihydroxyphenylacetic acid
EGTA
ethylene glycol-bis(β-aminoethyl ether)-N
N
N′
N′-tetraacetic acid
GABAA
GABA receptor type A
GABA
γ-aminobutyric acid
GDNF
glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
Gdnf wt/hyper
Gdnf wild-type / hypermorphic heterozygote
Gdnf wt/wt
Gdnf wild-type / wild-type
GFRα1
GDNF family receptor alpha 1
GFRα2
GDNF family receptor alpha 2
GTP
guanosine triphosphate
HEPES
4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid
IBM
International Business Machines
IT
initial training
mIPSC
minitature inhibitory post-synaptic current
mV
millivolt
N-syndecan
3N-terminal syndecan 3
pA
picoampere
PBS
phosphate-buffered saline
PP
posteriorparietal cortex
PT
probe trials
PTZ
pentylenetetrazole
PV+
parvalbumin-positive
PV
parvalbumin
RET
rearranged during transfection
RSP
retrosplenial cortex
RT
reversal training
S1B
primary somatosensory cortex
barrer
S1T
trunk
SD
standard deviation
SEM
standard error of the mean
sIPSC
spontaneous inhibitory post-synaptic current
SPSS
Statistics Package for Social Scientists
SS
somatosensory cortex
TBSTD
tris buffered saline with 0.1% tween and 5% DMSO
WM
water maze
WRJ
wild running and jumping