Enhancement of mRNA expression of tissue-type plasminogen activator by L-threo-3,4-dihydroxyphenylserine in association with ocular dominance plasticity

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 218, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 149-152

  Mataga, Nobuko ^a,b,c   Imamura, Kazuyuki ^b,c   Shiomitsu, Tsuyoshi ^b,c   Yoshimura, Yumiko ^c   Fukamauchi, Fumihiko ^a   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^b,c  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA BIOSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cat; Development; Monocular deprivation; Noradrenaline; Northern blot analysis; Rat; Tissue type plasminogen activator; Visual cortex

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLSERINE; BENSERAZIDE; MESSENGER RNA; NORADRENALIN; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DOMINANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VISUAL CORTEX;

ANIMALS; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BENSERAZIDE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CATS; DROXIDOPA; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 0030575936     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13139-6     Document Type: Article

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