Inducible expression of tryptophan hydroxylase without serotonin synthesis in hypothalamic dopaminergic neurons

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 305-316

  Vanhatalo, Sampsa ^b   Soinila, Seppo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Rat; Serotonin; Superfluous expression

Indexed keywords

COLCHICINE; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE CELL LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEROTONIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0032975888     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exnr.1999.7053     Document Type: Article

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