Role of sex hormones in the sexually dimorphic expression of KCC2 in rat substantia nigra

Experimental Neurology

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1003-1009

  Galanopoulou, Aristea S ^a   Moshé, Solomon L ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicuculline; Dihydrotestosterone; Estradiol; GABAA receptors; KCC2; Nifedipine; Potassium chloride cotransporter; Substantia nigra pars reticulata; Testosterone; Voltage sensitive calcium channel

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANDROSTANOLONE; BICUCULLINE; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL L TYPE; COTRANSPORTER; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; NIFEDIPINE; OIL; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; UPREGULATION;

EID: 0842299486     PISSN: 00144886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-4886(03)00387-X     Document Type: Article

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