Increased expression of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mRNA in dorsal root ganglion neurons of adult rats following peripheral nerve injury

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 340, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 45-48

  Hashimoto, Norio ^a,b   Yamanaka, Hiroki ^a   Mizushima, Toshiyuki ^a   Noguchi, Koichi ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Nishinomiya Municipal Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Dorsal root ganglion; In situ hybridization; Neurosteroid; Peripheral nerve injury; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HORMONE ACTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE INJURY; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPINAL GANGLION; TIME;

EID: 0037417175     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(03)00079-X     Document Type: Article

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