Nitric oxide is involved in lithium-induced immediate early gene expressions in the adrenal medulla

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 489, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 111-116

  Jahng, Jeong Won ^a   Spencer, Corinne M ^b   Choi, Si Ho ^a   Kim, Dong Goo ^a   Houpt, Thomas A ^b  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

c Fos; Inducible cAMP early repressor; Lithium chloride; NO (Nitric oxide); Stress axis

Indexed keywords

LITHIUM; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMEDIATE EARLY GENE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INDUCIBLE CYCLIC AMP EARLY REPRESSOR GENE; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ADRENAL MEDULLA; ANIMALS; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSE ELEMENT MODULATOR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FOS; GENES, IMMEDIATE-EARLY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; LITHIUM; MALE; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 1942516392     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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