Effect of low and high doses of nitrous oxide on preproenkephalin mRNA and its peptide methionine enkephalin levels in the hypothalamus

Brain Research

Volumn 730, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 47-51

  Agarwal, R K ^a,d   Kugel, G ^b   Karuri, A ^a   Gwosdow, A R ^c   Kumar, M S A ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

hypothalamus; Met enkephalin; mRNA; nitrous oxide; opioid; preproenkephalin

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METENKEPHALIN; NITROUS OXIDE; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; INHALATIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

EID: 0030593693     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(96)00429-5     Document Type: Article

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