Chronic haloperidol treatment decreases preproenkephalin mRNA in the anterior pituitary: A study by solution-hybridization-RNase protection assay

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 221, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-68

  Tang, F ^a   Lau, S M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anterior pituitary; haloperidol; preproenkephalin mRNA

Indexed keywords

ENKEPHALIN; HALOPERIDOL; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DOPAMINE ANTAGONISTS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENKEPHALINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HALOPERIDOL; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030604222     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(96)13274-2     Document Type: Article

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