Effect of haemorrhage on the expression of neurotransmitter-related genes in rat ventrolateral medulla: A quantitative real-time RT-PCR study

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-54

  Li, Qun ^a   Goodchild, Ann K ^a   Pilowsky, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catecholamines; Enkephalin; Haemorrhage; Neuropeptide Y; Ventrolateral medulla

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; NEUROTRANSMITTER; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N METHYLTRANSFERASE; PREPROENKEPHALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 0038695142     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(03)00131-1     Document Type: Article

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