Chronic psychosocial stress reduces the density of dopamine transporters

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 1071-1078

  Isovich, Eleonora ^a   Mijnster, M Janneke ^a   Flügge, Gabriele ^a   Fuchs, Eberhard ^a  

^a GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; HPA axis; Locomotor activity; Striatal subregions; Tree shrew; WIN 35,428

Indexed keywords

3BETA (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2BETA TROPANECARBOXYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGAND; NORADRENALIN; TRITIUM;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINERGIC TRANSMISSION; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; INSECTIVORE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR CORTEX; NONHUMAN; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEGMENTUM; TESTIS FUNCTION; VIDEOTAPE;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; HORMONES; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOREPINEPHRINE; ORGAN SIZE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TESTOSTERONE; TUPAIA;

EID: 0034069131     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2000.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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