Topography of methylphenidate (Ritalin)-induced gene regulation in the striatum: Differential on c-Fos, substance P and opioid peptides

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 901-915

  Yano, Motoyo ^a   Steiner, Heinz ^a,b  

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

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

Author keywords

Dopamine; Immediate early genes; Methylphenidate; Neuropeptide; Psychostimulant; Ritalin; Striatum

Indexed keywords

DYNORPHIN; ENKEPHALIN; METHYLPHENIDATE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; PROTEIN C FOS; SUBSTANCE P;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MAPPING; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUTAMEN; RAT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TOPOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, FOS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METHYLPHENIDATE; NEOSTRIATUM; OPIOID PEPTIDES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SUBSTANCE P;

EID: 17044388773     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.npp.1300613     Document Type: Article

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