Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in the rat brain: Cellular distribution, developmental regulation and overexpression after injury

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1458-1467

  Sierra, Amanda ^a   Lavaque, Esteban ^a   Perez Martin, Margarita ^a   Azcoitia, Iñigo ^b   Hales, Dale Buchanan ^c   Garcia Segura, Luis M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO CAJAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Ageing; Neurogenesis; Neuroprotection; StAR; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; KAINIC ACID; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLIA CELL; HIPPOCAMPUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; BRAIN INJURIES; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID AGONISTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAINIC ACID; MALE; NEURONS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0141593516     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02872.x     Document Type: Article

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