Expression of preprogalanin mRNA following acute and chronic restraint stress in brains of normotensive and hypertensive rats

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-123

  Sweerts, Bevan W ^a   Jarrott, Bevyn ^a   Lawrence, Andrew J ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

CNS; Galanin; Preprogalanin mRNA; Rat; Restraint stress; Spontaneously hypertensive rat

Indexed keywords

GALANIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN TISSUE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMOBILIZATION STRESS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVIEW; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 0032938194     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00095-9     Document Type: Article

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