Smart Mice: Web Extra Video ScienCentral News – New York,NY,USA Researcher James Bibb and his team were on a mission to learn more about the role of the gene Cdk5 in brain function. When they turned off this gene in mice …
NIH Link GeneID: 1020 updated 03-Jun-2007 Official Symbol CDK5provided by HGNC Official Full Name cyclin-dependent kinase 5provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:1774 See related HPRD:00449; MIM:123831 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status Validated Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as PSSALRE
“Smart” Gene Discovered: Accelerates learning and memory By Lincoln @ MaRS The researchers genetically engineered mice with an inactivated Cdk5 gene, which is involved in neural communication in the brain. “What we’ve found is a whole new mechanism of how learning and memory is controlled,” said UT …
ScienCentral News – New York,NY,USA Bibb wanted to study the Cdk5 gene because it is suspected to be involved in Alzheimer’s disease as well as in drug addictions. …
Scientists Make Smarter Mice Animal Lab News – Amherst,NH,USA The team, led by Dr. James Bibb, bred genetically engineered mice who could be manipulated to turn off Cdk5, the gene that is linked to diseases such as … <http://www.animallab.com/News_Articles.asp?pid=183> Mice With Single Neuronal Gene Turned Off Are Smarter MedPage Today – Little Falls,NJ,USA The key [...]
Scientists find new mechanism of learning in the brain South Asian Women’s Forum – New Delhi,India The researchers genetically engineered mice to lack an enzyme called Cdk5 in their brains by using the technique called ‘conditional knockout’, …. Smart mice miss out on Alzheimer’s News-Medical.net – Sydney,Australia The specially bred rodents were genetically engineered without [...]
Increased intelligence through genetic engineering DrugResearcher.com – Montpellier,France Cdk5 works with another a protease called calpain, to break up NMDA receptor 2B (NR2B), which is found in nerve-cell membranes and stimulates the cell to … Mice genetically engineered to lack a single enzyme in their … By Adam Lawson(Adam Lawson) In addition, Cdk5 is heavily [...]