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ArticleMolecular and cellular biochemistry2006

Tactile stimulation-induced rapid elevation of the synaptophysin mRNA expression level in rat somatosensory cortex.

Osamu Yokoyama, Mari Kumashiro, Atsushi Iriki, Hidetoshi Ishibashi

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Article in Molecular and cellular biochemistry, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Osamu YokoyamaSection of Cognitive Neurobiology, Department of Maxillofacial Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, 1-5-45 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8549, Japan. oycnb@tmd.ac.jp
Mari Kumashiro
Atsushi Iriki
Hidetoshi Ishibashi
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JP

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Abstract

Synaptophysin is an integral membrane protein abundant in the synaptic vesicle and is found in nerve terminals throughout the brain. It was recently suggested that synaptophysin is also involved in the modulation of activity-dependent synapse formation. In this study, we examined at the individual level whether tactile stimulation selectively influenced the synaptophysin mRNA expression level in the somatosensory cortex of rats. Anesthetized rats were caressed on the back by an experimenter's palms for 20 min and the mRNA expression levels in the somatosensory and the visual cortices 5 min afterwards were determined using quantitative PCR methodology. The synaptophysin mRNA expression level was selectively higher in the experimental group than in the control group in the somatosensory cortex but not in the visual cortex. This suggests that the mRNA expression level of synaptophysin induced by neuronal activity is related to the regulation of synapse formation or remodeling or both.

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AnimalsMaleNeuronal PlasticityRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyRNA, MessengerSomatosensory CortexSynaptic TransmissionSynaptophysinTouchRNA, MessengerSynaptophysin

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