Corticosterone and phenytoin reduce neuronal nitric oxide synthase messenger RNA expression in rat hippocampus

Neuroscience

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 211-219

  Reagan, L P ^a   McKittrick, C R ^a   McEwen, B S ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrophy; Glucocorticoids; In situ hybridization; Interneurons; Plasticity; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; PHENYTOIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DENDRITE; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURON; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; RAT; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTICONVULSANTS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTERONE; HIPPOCAMPUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; MALE; NEURONS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; PHENYTOIN; PYRAMIDAL CELLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0032928466     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4522(98)00615-0     Document Type: Article

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