Gene expression profile of the nucleus accumbens of human cocaine abusers: Evidence for dysregulation of myelin

Journal of Neurochemistry

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1211-1219

  Albertson, Dawn N ^a   Pruetz, Barb ^a   Schmidt, Carl J ^a   Kuhn, Donald M ^a   Kapatos, Gregory ^a   Bannon, Michael J ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Human; Microarray; Myelin basic protein; Nucleus accumbens; Post mortem

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; MYELIN; MYELIN ASSOCIATED OLIGODENDROCYTE BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; MYELIN OLIGODENDROCYTE GLYCOPROTEIN; PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NERVE CELL; BRAIN REGION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WHITE MATTER;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYELIN BASIC PROTEINS; MYELIN PROTEOLIPID PROTEIN; MYELIN SHEATH; MYELIN-ASSOCIATED GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; OLIGODENDROGLIA; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1442274938     PISSN: 00223042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2003.02247.x     Document Type: Article

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