Effects of adrenal steroids on basal ganglia neuropeptide mRNA and tyrosine hydroxylase radioimmunoreactive levels in the adrenalectomized rat

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 833-843

  Lucas, Louis R ^a   Pompei, Pierluigi ^b   Ono, Jennie ^a   McEwen, Bruce S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adrenal steroids; Caudate putamen; Cholecystokinin; Corticosterone; Deoxycorticosterone; Dynorphin; Endorphi ns; Glucocorticoids; Mineralocorticoids; Substance P; Tachykinins

Indexed keywords

CHOLECYSTOKININ; CORTICOSTERONE; DEOXYCORTICOSTERONE ACETATE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PREPROENKEPHALIN; PREPROTACHYKININ; PRODYNORPHIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

ANIMALIA; SESAMUM INDICUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0031751623     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.1998.71020833.x     Document Type: Article

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