Glucocorticoids elevate GTP cyclohydrolase I mRNA levels in vivo and in PC12 cells

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 251-258

  Serova, Lidia ^a   Nankova, Bistra ^a   Rivkin, Mark ^b   Kvetnansky, Richard ^c   Sabban, Esther L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adrenal medulla; Glucocorticoids; GTP cyclohydrolase I mRNA; Hypophysectomy; PC12 cells; Stress; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; HYDROCORTISONE; INDOLEAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PC12 CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0030766604     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00098-3     Document Type: Article

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