Variable Details

Available Studies

MAP

Scaled? 

Not Scaled

Variable Type 

Cross-Sectional

Variable Name 

synap_6_complex2

Categories

Brain Proteins

Complexin-II (excitatory)
Complexin-II protein density - Average of 6 regions (MAP only)

This variable is only available in MAP.

Complexin-II protein density is determined by immunoassay in the Honer Lab at the University of British Columbia (Vancouver BC, Canada). Monoconal antibody LP27 is used to quantify complexin-II immunodensities from frozen samples of gray matter in 6 cortical regions:

  1. Hippocampus
  2. Middle frontal gyrus
  3. Inferior temporal gyrus
  4. Calcarine (visual) cortex
  5. Ventromedial caudate
  6. Posterior putamen

Values are expressed in log10 units, the mean is determined for each participant across the 6 brain regions, and a z-score is calculated across all participants. Since reported values are inversely proportional to protein levels, scores are multiplied by negative 1 to make results directly related to the amount of target antigen. Higher values indicate greater complexin-II concentrations.


Publications