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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-4-7
pubmed:abstractText
Activin is a member of the transforming growth factor-beta superfamily and affects the viability of hippocampal neurons during postnatal neurogenesis. We used primary hippocampal neuron to study the actions of activin on developing neurons. Continuous treatment of hippocampal cultures with activin suppressed the emergence of GAD67(+) neurons, which are a subtype of GABAergic interneurons, and increased the percentage of Prox1(+) neurons, which are dentate granule cells. The effects of activin were abolished by co-treatment with follistatin, which is a direct inhibitor of activin. In contrast, follistatin treatment alone increased the percentage of GAD67(+) neurons and decreased the percentage of Prox1(+) neurons. These results indicate that changes in activin signaling during postnatal neural development alter the composition of the neural circuitry and suggest that alterations in the ratio of excitatory to inhibitory neurons may be responsible for changes in the spontaneous and evoked-reactivity of these neurons to other neural inputs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Activin Receptors, Type II, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Activins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Follistatin, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Glutamate Decarboxylase, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Homeodomain Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nerve Tissue Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/NeuN protein, mouse, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Nuclear Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/Tumor Suppressor Proteins, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/activin receptor type II-A, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/activin receptor type II-B, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/glutamate decarboxylase 1, http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/pubmed/chemical/prospero-related homeobox 1 protein
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1872-7972
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
20
pubmed:volume
452
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
232-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-10-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Activin Receptors, Type II, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Activins, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Dentate Gyrus, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Follistatin, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Glutamate Decarboxylase, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Hippocampus, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Interneurons, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Mice, Inbred C57BL, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Nuclear Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Pyramidal Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-Tumor Suppressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19348730-gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Neuron type-selective effects of activin on development of the hippocampus.
pubmed:affiliation
Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, MITILS, Tokyo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't