Perinatal Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol exposure did not alter dopamine transporter and tyrosine hydroxylase mRNA levels in midbrain dopaminergic neurons of adult male and female rats

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 549-553

  Garcia Gil L ^a   Ramos, J A ^a   Rubino, T ^b   Parolaro, D ^b   Fernandez Ruiz J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

9 Tetrahydrocannabinol; Cannabinoids; Dopamine transporter; Midbrain dopaminergic neurons; Perinatal exposure; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLACETIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; DELTA9(11) TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; MESSENGER RNA; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SLC6A3 PROTEIN, RAT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; VENTRAL TEGMENTUM; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURONS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; VENTRAL TEGMENTAL AREA;

EID: 0031595207     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-0362(98)00012-9     Document Type: Article

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