Article Information
- Received October 12, 2010
- Revision received January 12, 2011
- Accepted January 20, 2011
- First published March 16, 2011.
- Version of record published March 16, 2011.
Author Information
- Melanie D. Mark1,
- Takashi Maejima1,
- Denise Kuckelsberg1,
- Jong W. Yoo3,
- Robert A. Hyde2,
- Viral Shah2,
- Davina Gutierrez2,
- Rosa L. Moreno4,
- Wolfgang Kruse1,
- Jeffrey L. Noebels3, and
- Stefan Herlitze1,2
- 1Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, ND7/31, Ruhr-University Bochum, D-44780 Bochum, Germany,
- 2Department of Neurosciences, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4975,
- 3Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, and
- 4Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado (Anschutz Medical Campus), Aurora, Colorado 80045
- Correspondence should be addressed to Stefan Herlitze, Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, ND7/31, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. Stefan.Herlitze{at}rub.de
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Disclosures
- Received October 12, 2010.
- Revision received January 12, 2011.
- Accepted January 20, 2011.
This work was supported by National Institutes of Health Grants NS29709, HD024064 (J.L.N.), Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft HE2471/8-1, and MH081127 (S.H.); Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad (T.M.), and Grant R36MH086283 (D.G.). We thank Drs. E. S. Deneris, D. D. Friel, and L. T. Landmesser for reading this manuscript; Dr. Stephen O'Gorman for his guidance in designing the targeting vector; Dr. Ron Conlon and the Case Transgenic and Targeting Facility for creating the mice; and Dr. Gemma Casadesus and the Case Western Reserve University Rodent Behavior Core for assistance in the behavior studies. We also thank Stephanie Krämer, Margareta Möllmann, Manuela Schmidt, Winfried Junke, Hermann Korbmacher, and Volker Rostek for excellent technical assistance.
- Correspondence should be addressed to Stefan Herlitze, Department of Zoology and Neurobiology, ND7/31, Ruhr-University Bochum, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany. Stefan.Herlitze{at}rub.de
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