Induction of immediate-early gene expression in preoptic and hypothalamic neurons by the glucocorticoid receptor agonist, dexamethasone

Brain Research

Volumn 768, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 185-196

  Briski, K P ^a   Dipasquale, B M ^a   Gillen, E ^a  

^a Pharmacology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Fos; Glucocorticoid; Hypothalamus; Immunocytochemistry; Jun; Preopti c area

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; DEXAMETHASONE; GENE PRODUCT; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HORMONE; LIGAND; PROTEIN; PROTEIN C FOS; STEROID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC NUCLEUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; DEXAMETHASONE; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030846011     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(97)00642-2     Document Type: Article

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