Altered gene expression for catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes and stress response in rat genetic model of depression

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-138

  Serova, L ^a   Sabban, E L ^a   Zangen, A ^c   Overstreet, D H ^b   Yadid, G ^c  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Adrenal; Depression; Dopamine hydroxylase; Dopaminergic neuron; mRNA; Neuropeptide Y; Stress; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STRESS;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHOLAMINES; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOPAMINE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; NEURONS; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RATS; RATS, MUTANT STRAINS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; STRESS; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032506692     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(98)00270-8     Document Type: Article

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