Effects of an anabolic-androgenic steroid on the regulation of the NMDA receptor NR1, NR2A and NR2B subunit mRNAs in brain regions of the male rat

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 226, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-64

  Le Grevès, Pierre ^a,b   Huang, Wan ^a   Johansson, Pia ^a   Thörnwall, Madeleine ^a   Zhou, Qin ^a   Nyberg, Fred ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BMC ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS); High dose intramuscular injections; Hippocampus; Hypothalamus; N Methyl D aspartate (NMDA) receptor subunits NR1, NR2A and NR2B; Nandrolone decanoate; Nucleus accumbens; Rat brain

Indexed keywords

ANABOLIC AGENT; DECA DURABOL; MESSENGER RNA; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR; NANDROLONE; NANDROLONE DECANOATE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NANDROLONE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROIDS;

EID: 0030888146     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00244-9     Document Type: Article

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