Chronic lithium decreases Nurr1 expression in the rat brain and impairs spatial discrimination

Pharmacology Biochemistry and Behavior

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 607-621

  Al Banchaabouchi, Mumna ^a   Peña De Ortíz, Sandra ^a   Menéndez, Raïssa ^a   Ren, Keqin ^a   Maldonado Vlaar, Carmen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Hippocampus; Lithium; Nurr1; Spatial learning; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR RELATED FACTOR 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIET; DOWN REGULATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; LITHIUM BLOOD LEVEL; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REARING; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LITHIUM CARBONATE; MALE; RATS; RATS, LONG-EVANS; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10044233017     PISSN: 00913057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbb.2004.09.015     Document Type: Article

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