Transcript-specific effects of adrenalectomy on seizure-induced BDNF expression in rat hippocampus

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-91

  Lauterborn, Julie C ^a,b   Poulsen, Frantz R ^a   Stinis, Curtiss T ^a   Isackson, Paul J ^c   Gall, Christine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Exon; Glucocorticoid; In situ hybridization; Seizure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; DENTATE GYRUS; EXON; GRANULE CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SEIZURE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMALS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DENTATE GYRUS; ELECTRIC INJURIES; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SEIZURES;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOCAMPUS HIPPOCAMPUS;

EID: 0032579757     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00368-9     Document Type: Article

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