Up-regulation of D3 dopamine receptor mRNA in the nucleus accumbens of human cocaine fatalities

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 335-339

  Segal, David M ^a   Moraes, Carlos T ^a   Mash, Deborah C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; Excited delirium; Human brain; Polymerase chain reaction; Receptor; Reverse transcription; Ribonuclease protection assay

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; CYCLOPHILIN; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DRD3 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG OVERDOSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; AUTOPSY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; INTOXICATION; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REFERENCE VALUE; UPREGULATION;

AUTOPSY; COCAINE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OVERDOSE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0031149385     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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