Increase of mitogen-activated protein kinase activity in rat brain after injection of argipressin (4-8)

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 380-384

  Qiao, Li Ya ^a   Du, Yu Cang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND CELL BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Argipressin; Cerebral cortex; Hippocampus; Immunoblotting; Ion exchange Chromatography; Myelin basic protein; Protein kinases; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

APROTININ; ARGIPRESSIN RECEPTOR; ARGIPRESSIN[4-9]; LEUPEPTIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYELIN BASIC PROTEIN; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; BRAIN; CA(2+)-CALMODULIN DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CALCIUM-CALMODULIN-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; MALE; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 1842301033     PISSN: 02539756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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