Repeated methylphenidate treatment in adolescent rats alters gene regulation in the striatum

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1584-1592

  Brandon, Cindy L ^a   Steiner, Heinz ^a  

^a ROSALIND FRANKLIN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Dopamine; Immediate early gene; Methylphenidate; Neuropeptide; Psychostimulant; Ritalin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PSYCHOSTIMULANT AGENT; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; ZIF 268 GENE;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL COUNT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; COCAINE; CORPUS STRIATUM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DYNORPHINS; EARLY GROWTH RESPONSE PROTEIN 1; ENKEPHALINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENES, FOS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE P; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0141816671     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02892.x     Document Type: Article

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