Chronic nicotine treatment leads to sustained stimulation of tyrosine hydroxylase gene transcription rate in rat adrenal medulla

Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Volumn 304, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-588

  Sun, Baoyong ^a   Sterling, Carol R ^a   Tank, A William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINE; PROTEIN FOS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 2; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; INJECTIONS, SUBCUTANEOUS; MALE; NICOTINE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0037309402     PISSN: 00223565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1124/jpet.102.043596     Document Type: Article

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