Dr. Chern, Yijuang
Distinguished Research Fellow
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Specialty:
- Signal Transduction
- Gene Regulation
- Neurodegeneration Disease
Education and Positions:
Ph.D. Univ. of Massachusetts
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Lack of Type VI Adenylyl Cyclase (AC6) Leads to Abnormal Sympathetic Tone in Neonatal Mice.
Dr. Chern, Yijuang
Exp Neurol., May 28, 2013Visceral functions are regulated by a basal sympathetic nerve discharge (SND), also known as 'sympathetic tone'. We demonstrate herein that AC6 existed in tyrosine hydroxylase-positive rostral ventrolateral medulla neurons in the brainstem. Adenylyl cyclase (AC) assays showed lower basal and pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating peptide-evoked AC activities in the brainstem of AC6-null mice, indicating that AC6 is a prominent AC isozyme in the brainstem. Furthermore, two independent lines of AC6-null mice exhibited a much higher SND,