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BTBD9

Introduction

BTBD9 is a human gene.

There is some evidence that it may be associated with restless legs syndrome.[1]

Synaptic Plasticity

Synaptic Plasticity

Recent evidence using Btbd9 knockout mice argue that BTBD9 is involved in synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, and protein alterations associated with vesicle recycling and endocytosis.[2]

References

References

  1. ↑ Winkelmann J, Schormair B, Lichtner P, et al. (2007). “Genome-wide association study of restless legs syndrome identifies common variants in three genomic regions”. Nat. Genet. 39 (8): 1000–6. doi:10.1038/ng2099. PMID 17637780.
  2. ↑ DeAndrade, Mark P.; Zhang, Li; Doroodchi, Atbin; Yokoi, Fumiaki; Cheetham, Chad C.; Chen, Huan-Xin; Roper, Steven N.; Sweatt, J. David; Li, Yuqing (2012). Di Cunto, Ferdinando, ed. “Enhanced Hippocampal Long-Term Potentiation and Fear Memory in Btbd9 Mutant Mice”. PLoS ONE. 7 (4): e35518. Bibcode:2012PLoSO…7E5518D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0035518. PMC 3334925. PMID 22536397.