Nicotine infusion modulates immobilization stress-triggered induction of gene expression of rat catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 884-892

  Serova, Lidia ^a   Danailov, Emil ^a   Chamas, Firas ^a   Sabban, Esther L ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NICOTINE; NICOTINE TARTRATE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CATECHOLAMINES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CORTICOSTERONE; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; NEUROPEPTIDES; NICOTINE; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SPECIFIC PATHOGEN-FREE ORGANISMS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

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